NGC 4895

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NGC 4895
SDSS NGC 4895.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4895.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 13h 00m 17.9s [1]
Declination 28° 12′ 08″ [1]
Redshift 0.028326 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8492 km/s [1]
Distance 330  Mly (100  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA0 pec [1]
Size~195,000 ly (59.22 kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.8 x 0.6 [1]
Other designations
NGC 4896, [2] CGCG 160-249, MCG 5-31-81, PGC 44737, UGC 8113 [1]

NGC 4895 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 5, 1864 [4] and is a member of the Coma Cluster. [5] [6] [7]

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NGC identification

According to Harold Corwin, NGC 4895 is equal to NGC 4896. The NGC designation is usually given to CGCG 160-087 [2] which is a member of the Coma Cluster. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4895. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. 1 2 "NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts". ngcicproject.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  4. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  6. ↑ "NGC 4895". Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  7. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-13.


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