NGC 4915
| Galaxy NGC 4915 |
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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 01 m 28.2 s |
| declination | -04 ° 32 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010117 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 3033 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.3 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4915 • UGCA 318 • PGC 44891 • MCG -01-33-069 • 2MASX J13012822-0432470 • GC 3366 • H IV 47 • h 1513 • GALEX ASC J130128.24-043247.8 • LDCE 927 NED004 | |
NGC 4915 is a 12.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 131 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4890 and NGC 4918 .
The object was discovered on March 11, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, stellar, resembles a star with a bur all around".