NGC 4907
| Galaxy NGC 4907 |
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| The galaxy NGC 4907 as captured by 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 48.8 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 09 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.019610 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5879 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.7 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4907 • PGC 44819 • CGCG 160-257 • MCG + 05-31-089 • 2MASX J13004875 + 2809296 • GC 5703 • LDCE 926 NED057 | |
NGC 4907 is a 13.6 mag bright bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type "SBb" in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 263 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4895 , IC 4040 , IC 4045 , IC 4051 .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4907. SIMBAD, accessed February 21, 2015 .
- NGC 4907. DSO Browser, accessed February 21, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4907. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 21, 2015 .