PGC 214040
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 214040 |
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| NGC 4807 with LEDA 214040 (o) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 55 m 30.619 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 32 ′ 39.36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.023429 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 7024 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.4 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4807A • UGC 8049/01 • PGC 214040 • 2MASX J12553058 + 2732398 • GALEX ASC J125530.74 + 273240.9 • HOLM 488B | |
LEDA / PGC 214040 ( NGC 4807A ) is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E5 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 314 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 4807 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 488 and is a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4797 , NGC 4807 , NGC 4816 , IC 3900 .
The object was discovered on April 23, 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .