NGC 4895
| Galaxy NGC 4895 |
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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 17.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 12 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 pec sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.028326 +/- 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 8492 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.5 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4895 • UGC 8113 • PGC 44737 • CGCG 160-249 • MCG + 05-31-081 • 2MASX J13001795 + 2812082 • GC 5701 • | |
NGC 4895 is a 13.2 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices , which is about 380 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. Together with the non-NGC object PGC 44717 (also called NGC 4895 A ), it forms an optical double galaxy.
The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on May 5, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 4895. SIMBAD, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- NGC 4895. DSO Browser, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4895. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 20, 2015 .