NGC 4881
NGC 4881 is an elliptical galaxy about 102 megaparsecs away in the Coma cluster of galaxies.[2] NGC 4881 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest in 1865.
| NGC 4881 | |
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 Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 (center) and the Spiral galaxy PGC 44691 (right). | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 59m 57.6s[1] |
| Declination | +28° 14′ 51″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.022482±0.000019 |
| Helio radial velocity | 6740±6 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 6755±6 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 352 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.6[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1′.0 × 1′.0[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8106,[1] PGC 44686[1] | |
In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope examined the Coma cluster and NGC 4881.[3]
Other resources
See also
- New General Catalogue (NGC)
- Mice Galaxies
- Virgo A
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4881. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- Thomsen, Bjarne; Baum, William A.; Hammergren, Mark; Worthey, Guy (1997). "The Distance to the Coma Cluster from Surface Brightness Fluctuations". The Astrophysical Journal. 483 (1): L37–L40. arXiv:astro-ph/9704121. Bibcode:1997ApJ...483L..37T. doi:10.1086/310735. ISSN 0004-637X.
- "Ngc 4881".
External links
- APOD: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma (11/6/1996)
- HST: Galaxy NGC 4881 and the Coma cluster
- Coma Cluster at ESA/Hubble
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