NGC 4952
| Galaxy NGC 4952 |
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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 04 m 58.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 07 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma Galaxy Cluster Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.019907 +/- 0.000039 |
| Radial velocity | 5968 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (82.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4952, 4962 • UGC 8175 • PGC 45233 • CGCG 160-129 • MCG + 05-31-121 • GC 3391, 3401 • H II 396, III 303 • h 1524 • LDCE 0926 NED073 | |
NGC 4952 is a 12.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Coma Berenices , which is about 267 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and was discovered twice by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope; first on March 13, 1785, with the "F, S" noted (observation listed as NGC 4962 ); then again on April 11 of the same year, but without description (and listed as NGC 4952 ).