NGC 4866
| Galaxy NGC 4866 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 27.1 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc; HII Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6.4 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | (6631 ± 17) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | 1988 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.8 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 95,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4866 • UGC 8102 • PGC 44600 • CGCG 071-092 • MCG + 02-33-45 • 2MASX J12592713 + 1410157 • GC 3342 • H I 162 • h 1498 • HIPASS J1259 + 14 • LDCE 0904 NED287 | |
NGC 4866 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 87 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 14, 1787 .
See also
Web links
Commons : NGC 4866 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- astronews.com: Picture of the day July 15, 2013