| NGC 4875 | |
|---|---|
 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] |
| Heliocentric 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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4875. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4875". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
External links
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Media related to NGC 4875 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 4875 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
