NGC 4882
| Galaxy NGC 4882 / NGC 4886 |
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| High-resolution image of the elliptical galaxies NGC 4882 and NGC 4889 , created with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 04.4 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 59 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma Galaxy Cluster Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.021321 +/- 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 6392 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(286 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (87.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4882, 4886 • PGC 44698 • MCG + 05-31-076 • GC 5697, 5699 • | |
NGC 4882 = NGC 4886 is a 13.9 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike , which is about 286 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and was discovered twice by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ; first on April 6, 1864 (listed as NGC 4886 ), then again on April 22, 1865 (listed as NGC 4882 ).
Web links
- NGC 4882. SIMBAD, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- NGC 4882. DSO Browser, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4882. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 20, 2015 .