NGC 4872

NGC 4872 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 310 million light-years away[2] in the constellation of Coma Berenices.[3] NGC 4872 has been indicated to contain an active galactic nucleus.[4][2] NGC 4872 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest.[5] It is a member of the Coma Cluster.[6][7]

NGC 4872
SDSS image of NGC 4872 (center) with the halo of the giant galaxy NGC 4874 (left).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12^h 59^m 34.0^s[1]
Declination	27° 56′ 49″[1]
Redshift	0.023993/7193 km/s[1]
Distance	310,350,000 ly
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0[1]
Size	~143,080 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	0.60 x 0.37[1]
Other designations
PGC 44624[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4873
• NGC 4889

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4872. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4872". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
4. "NGC 4872". Retrieved 2017-11-30.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
6. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
7. "NGC catalogue LIST". www.galaxyzooforum.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4872 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 4872 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images