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)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12^h 59^m 44.4^s[1]
Declination	27° 54′ 45″[1]
Redshift	0.022275[1]
Helio radial velocity	6678 km/s[1]
Distance	325 Mly (99.5 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.1[1]
Characteristics
Type	E5[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

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4889

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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4876 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 4876 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images