NGC 4895

NGC 4895 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 5, 1864[4] and is a member of the Coma Cluster.[5][6][7]

NGC 4895
SDSS image of NGC 4895.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13^h 00^m 17.9^s[1]
Declination	28° 12′ 08″[1]
Redshift	0.028326[1]
Helio radial velocity	8492 km/s[1]
Distance	330 Mly (100 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0 pec[1]
Size	~200,000 ly (62 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8 x 0.6[1]
Other designations
NGC 4896,[2] CGCG 160-249, MCG 5-31-81, PGC 44737, UGC 8113[1]

NGC identification

According to Harold Corwin, NGC 4895 is equal to NGC 4896. The NGC designation is usually given to CGCG 160-087[2] which is a member of the Coma Cluster.[8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4895. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
2. "NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts". ngcicproject.org. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
5. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
6. "NGC 4895". Retrieved 2018-11-12.
7. "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
8. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-13.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4895 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 4895 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images