NGC 4926
| Galaxy NGC 4926 |
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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 01 m 53.7 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 37 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma Galaxy Cluster Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.026308 +/- 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 7887 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.2 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4926 • UGC 8142 • PGC 44938 • CGCG 160-103 • MCG + 05-31-103 • GC 5710 • LDCE 0926 NED066 | |
NGC 4926 is a 13.0 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike , which is approximately 114.6 million light years from the Milky Way. It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and forms with the non-NGC objects PGC 44968 (also called NGC 4926 A ) and PGC 83758 (also called NGC 4926 B ) an optical, possibly also a triple galaxy connected by gravity .
It was discovered on April 6, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4926. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- NGC 4926. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4926. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English).