NGC 4872
Galaxy NGC 4872 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 34.0 s |
declination | + 27 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB0 / AGN |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 123 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
Redshift | 0.023993 +/- 0.000007 |
Radial velocity | 7193 +/- 2 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(322 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.7 ± 6.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4872 • PGC 44624 • CGCG 160-230 • MCG + 05-31-068 • GC 3347 • H II 389 • h 1502 • |
NGC 4872 is a 14.4 mag bright galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike . It is estimated to be 321 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who only noted "two of them".
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4872
- ↑ Slotegraaf assigns the discovery of NGC 4872 to Wilhelm Herschel and the discovery of NGC 4874 to Heinrich d'Arrest, while Seligman exchanges these discoveries.
- ↑ Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4872. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Seligman