NGC 4866

NGC 4866 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy[5] located roughly 100 million light-years[3] away in the constellation Virgo. It was first observed by British astronomer Sir William Herschel on January 14, 1787.[6] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[7]

NGC 4866
HST image of NGC 4866
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 59m 27.140s[1]
Declination+14° 10′ 15.78″[1]
Redshift0.006615[2]
Helio radial velocity1977 km/s[2]
Distance101.27 ± 0.65 Mly (31.05 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)11.08[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.00[4]
Characteristics
TypeSA0+(r):[5]
Apparent size (V)5.8′ × 0.95′[6]
Other designations
UGC 8102, MCG+02-33-045, PGC 44600[2]

On April 1, 2015, a bright source was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) program, and was designated ASASSN-15ga. The source is likely a type Ia supernova.[8]

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 4866". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4). arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 4866". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. "Results for object NGC 4866 (NGC 4866)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  7. Kim, Suk; Rey, Soo-Chang; Jerjen, Helmut; Lisker, Thorsten; Sung, Eon-Chang; Lee, Youngdae; Chung, Jiwon; Pak, Mina; Yi, Wonhyeong; Lee, Woong (2014). "The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 215 (2): 22. Bibcode:2014ApJS..215...22K. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22. hdl:1885/76226. S2CID 119296675.
  8. Piascik, A. S.; Steele, I. A. (2015-01-01). "ATel #7333: Spectral Classification of ASASSN-15ga in NGC4866". The Astronomer's Telegram. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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