NGC 4875

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NGC 4875
SDSS NGC 4875.jpg
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 4875.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 59m 37.9s [1]
Declination 27° 54′ 26″ [1]
Redshift 0.026835 [1]
Helio radial velocity 8045 km/s [1]
Distance 350  Mly (107  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.4 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA0 [1]
Size~61,200  ly (18.75  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.29 x 0.20 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 160-232, DRCG 27-104, PGC 44640, ZwG 160.232 [1]

NGC 4875 is a lenticular galaxy located about 350 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [3] NGC 4875 was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on May 16, 1885. [4] The galaxy is a member of the Coma Cluster. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4875. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4875". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ↑ Gambera, M.; Pagliaro, A.; Antonuccio-Delogu, V.; Becciani, U. (1997). "A Three-dimensional Wavelet Analysis of Substructure in the Coma Cluster: Statistics and Morphology". The Astrophysical Journal. 488 (1): 136. arXiv: astro-ph/9701224 . Bibcode:1997ApJ...488..136G. doi:10.1086/304684. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   18901533.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-17.


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