NGC 4866

NGC 4866 is a lenticular galaxy located 80 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was first observed by British astronomer Sir William Herschel on January 14, 1787.

NGC 4866
NGC 4866 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 12h 29m 26.8s[1]
Declination14° 09′ 55″
Redshift0.006615[2]
Helio radial velocity1977 ± 37 km/s
Distance80×10^6 ly (25 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)12.0
Characteristics
TypeLenticular Galaxy
Apparent size (V)6.4' x 1.0'[3]

References
  1. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?NGC%204866
  2. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=ngc+4866
  3. http://server3.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=150&object_name=NGC+4866&locale=EN
  • Media related to NGC 4866 at Wikimedia Commons


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