NGC 4943
| Galaxy NGC 4943 |
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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 03 m 44.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 05 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma Galaxy Cluster Abelle 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.018686 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 5602 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.0 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4943 • PGC 45129 • CGCG 160-122 • GC 5714 • | |
NGC 4943 is a 14.6 mag bright galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike , which is about 251 million light years away from the Milky Way. It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and was discovered on April 20, 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4943. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- NGC 4943. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4943. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English).