NGC 4971
| Galaxy NGC 4971 |
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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 06 m 54.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 32 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma galaxy clusters |
| Redshift | 0.020908 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 6268 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.1 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4971 • PGC 45406 • CGCG 160-140 • MCG + 05-31-134 • 2MASX J13065496 + 2832523 • GC 5717 • LDCE 0926 NED076 | |
NGC 4971 is a 14.2 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices , which is about 281 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 23, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 4971. SIMBAD, accessed February 23, 2015 .
- NGC 4971. DSO Browser, accessed February 23, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4971. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 23, 2015 .