NGC 4876

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NGC 4876
SDSS NGC 4876.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4876.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 59m 44.4s [1]
Declination 27° 54′ 45″ [1]
Redshift 0.022275 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6678 km/s [1]
Distance 325  Mly (99.5  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.1 [1]
Characteristics
Type E5 [1]
Size~75,000  ly (23.00  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.58 x 0.40 [1]
Other designations
ARAK 398, CGCG 160-234, DRCG 27-124, MCG 5-31-73, PGC 44658 [1]

NGC 4876 is an elliptical galaxy [2] located about 325 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [4] NGC 4876 was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on May 16, 1885. [5] NGC 4876 is a member of the Coma Cluster. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4876. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  3. ↑ "NED Query Results for NGC 4876". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4876". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. ↑ Kuntschner, Harald; Lucey, John R.; Smith, Russell J.; Hudson, Michael J.; Davies, Roger L. (2001-05-21). "On the dependence of spectroscopic indices of early-type galaxies on age, metallicity and velocity dispersion". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 323 (3): 615–629. arXiv: astro-ph/0011234 . Bibcode:2001MNRAS.323..615K. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04263.x . ISSN   0035-8711. S2CID   15162556.
  7. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-19.


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