NGC 4867
| Galaxy NGC 4867 |
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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 15.2 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 58 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma galaxy clusters? |
| Redshift | 0.015964 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 4786 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.7 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4867 • PGC 44568 • CGCG 160.222 • MCG + 05-31-062 • 2MASX J12591525 + 2758147 • USGC U508 NED64 | |
NGC 4867 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E3" in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 214 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4864 , NGC 4871 , IC 3955 , IC 3968 .
The object was discovered on May 10, 1863 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ; this observation was confirmed on April 28, 1885 by Guillaume Bigourdan .
Web links
- NGC 4867. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4867. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4867. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .