NGC 4876
| Galaxy NGC 4876 |
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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 44.4 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 54 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 Coma Cluster WBL 426-081 NGC 4874 Group |
| Redshift | 0.022275 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 6678 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.7 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4876 • PGC 44658 • CGCG 160-234 • MCG + 05-31-073 • 2MASX J12594438 + 2754447 • NSA 142751 • GIN 787 | |
NGC 4876 is a 14.4 likes bright elliptical galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type E5 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 299 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy is a member of the NGC 4874 - Galaxy Group and the Coma cluster of galaxies . The galaxies NGC 4872 , NGC 4875 , IC 3973 , IC 3998 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 16, 1885 by Guillaume Bigourdan .
Web links
- NGC 4876. SIMBAD , accessed February 20, 2015 .
- NGC 4876. DSO Browser, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4876. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 20, 2015 .