NGC 4862
| Galaxy NGC 4862 / IC 3999 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 30.8 s |
| declination | -14 ° 07 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021508 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 6448 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.7 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | February 26, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4862 • IC 3999 • PGC 44610 • MCG -02-33-079 • 2MASX J12593083-1407566 • GALEX ASC J125930.88-140756.5 | |
NGC 4862 = IC 3999 is a 14.2 mag bright bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type "SBc" in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 283 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4863 , NGC 4887 , NGC 4899 , NGC 4902 .
The object was discovered three times; first on March 25, 1786 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth (observation listed as NGC 4862 ) and probably at the same time by Herbert Alonzo Howe without his own cataloging; the third observation by Guillaume Bigourdan on April 16, 1895 is listed as IC 3999 .
Web links
- NGC 4862. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4862. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 . }
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4862. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .