NGC 4885
| Galaxy NGC 4885 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 33.9 s |
| declination | -06 ° 51 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011058 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3315 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.1 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4885 • PGC 44781 • MCG -01-33-065 • IRAS 12579-0635 • 2MASX J13003387-0651110 • GC 3349 • h 1504 • | |
NGC 4885 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 144 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on February 19, 1830 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope.
Web links
- NGC 4885. SIMBAD, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- NGC 4885. DSO Browser, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4885. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 20, 2015 .