NGC 4883

NGC 4883
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 4883.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 59m 56.0s[1]
Declination 28° 02′ 05″[1]
Redshift 0.027289[1]
Helio radial velocity 8181 km/s[1]
Distance 316 Mly (96.8 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type SB0[1]
Size ~62,500 ly (19.15 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V) 0.62 x 0.46[1]
Other designations
CGCG 160-237, DRCG 27-175, PGC 44682[1]

NGC 4883 is a barred lenticular galaxy[2] located about 315 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4883 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 22, 1865.[4] It is a member of the Coma Cluster.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4883. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ↑ "NED Query Results for NGC 4883". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  5. ↑ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139490108.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
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