NGC 4468

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NGC 4468
SDSS NGC 4468.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4468.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 29m 30.9s [1]
Declination 14° 02′ 57″ [1]
Redshift 0.003032/909 km/s [1]
Distance 55,100,000 ly
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.7 [1]
Characteristics
Type E, SA0-? [1]
Size~22,700 ly [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.45 x 0.96 [1]
Other designations
PGC 41171, UGC 7628, VCC 1196 [1]

NGC 4468 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy [2] located about 55 million light-years away [3] in the constellation of Coma Berenices. [4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. [5] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4468. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  2. ↑ Halliday, Claire (22 June 1999). "Low luminosity elliptical galaxies" (PDF). Durham University.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 4468 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  6. ↑ Halliday, C.; Davies, Roger L.; Kuntschner, Harald; Birkinshaw, M.; Bender, Ralf; Saglia, R.P.; Baggley, Glenn (19 March 2001). "Line-of-sight velocity distributions of low-luminosity elliptical galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 326 (2): 473–489. arXiv: astro-ph/0103295 . Bibcode:2001MNRAS.326..473H. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.254.4945 . doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04492.x . S2CID   17307014.
  7. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.


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