NGC 4876

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]

NGC 4876
SDSS image of NGC 4876.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 59m 44.4s[1]
Declination27° 54′ 45″[1]
Redshift0.022275[1]
Helio radial velocity6678 km/s[1]
Distance325 Mly (99.5 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterComa Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)15.1[1]
Characteristics
TypeE5[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]

See also

References
  1. "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.
  7. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  • Media related to NGC 4876 at Wikimedia Commons


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