NGC 4468

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]

NGC 4468
SDSS image of NGC 4468.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 29m 30.9s[1]
Declination14° 02′ 57″[1]
Redshift0.003032/909 km/s[1]
Distance55,100,000 ly
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)13.7[1]
Characteristics
TypeE, 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]

See also

References
  1. "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 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. 000 (2): 473. 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.
  • Media related to NGC 4468 at Wikimedia Commons


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