NGC 4881

NGC 4881

Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 59m 57.6s[1]
Declination +28° 14 51[1]
Redshift 6740 ± 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]

NGC 4881 is an elliptical galaxy about 352 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is a member of the Coma cluster of galaxies. NGC 4881 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest in 1865.

In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope examined the Coma cluster and NGC 4881.

Other resources

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3109. Retrieved 2006-11-19.


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