NGC 4888
| Galaxy NGC 4888 |
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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 36.2 s |
| declination | -06 ° 04 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 119 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013363 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 4006 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(175 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.6 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4888 • PGC 44766 • MCG -01-33-066 • VV 680 • GC 3350 • H II 778 • h 1505 • LDCE 0921 NED072 | |
NGC 4888 is a 13.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo , which is about 175 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered together with NGC 4878 and NGC 4879 in a single observation on March 23, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, the "N4878.9 III 758.9 20m 55s f, 1d 53m n Two nebulae, both vF, vS. N4888 II 778 21m 12s f, 1d 54m n F, S, sf a double star "noted.