NGC 4895

NGC 4895
James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 4895. Upper right shows the center of the galaxy zoomed-in, revealing the nuclear ring of the galaxy.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension13h 00m 17.9s
Declination28° 12′ 08″
Redshift0.028326
Heliocentric radial velocity8492 km/s
Distance330 Mly (100 Mpc)
Group or clusterComa Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)14.0
Characteristics
TypeSA0 pec
Size~195,000 ly (59.22 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)1.8 x 0.6
Other designations
NGC 4896, CGCG 160-249, MCG 5-31-81, PGC 44737, UGC 8113

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

NGC identification

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4895. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. 1 2 "NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts". ngcicproject.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  4. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  6. ↑ "NGC 4895". Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  7. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-13.