NGC 4864
| Galaxy NGC 4864 |
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| SDSS | |
| 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 13.1 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E6 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.022532 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 6755 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.7 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4864 • PGC 44566 • CGCG 160-0221 • MCG + 05-31-058 • 2MASX J12591312 + 2758369 • GC 3343 • h 1500 • LDCE 926 NED045 • ARK 397 | |
NGC 4864 is a 13.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E6 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 302 million light years from the Milky Way , about 60,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4867 , NGC 4871 , IC 3955 , IC 3968 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 13, 1831 .