NGC 4860
| Galaxy NGC 4860 |
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| High-resolution image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4860 and the spiral galaxy NGC 4858 , created with the help of the Hubble space telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 03.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 07 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.026618 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 7980 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(357 ± 25) · 10 6 ly (109.5 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4860 • PGC 44539 • CGCG 160-215 • MCG + 05-31-054 • 2MASX J12590392 + 2807249 • GC 5693 • | |
NGC 4860 is a 13.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E2" in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 357 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 95,000 light years , and is a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4858 , NGC 4865 , IC 3943 , IC 3955 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 21, 1865 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4860 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NGC 4860. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4860. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4860. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .
- astronews.com: Picture of the day September 19, 2018