PGC 214040

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 214040
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NGC 4807 with LEDA 214040 (o) [1] SDSS
NGC 4807 with LEDA 214040 (o) SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4807A
  4. Seligman