NGC 4892
| Galaxy NGC 4892 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 03.5 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 53 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.019690 +/- 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 5903 +/- 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4892 • UGC 8108 • PGC 44697 • CGCG 160-081 • MCG + 05-31-078 • GC 3353 • H II 390 • h 1508 • LDCE 0926 NED050 | |
NGC 4892 is a 13.8 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices , which is about 264 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "faint".