NGC 4881
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| NGC 4881 | |
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 Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 |
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| 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[citation needed] |
| Type | E[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 1′.0 × 1′.0[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.6[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8106,[1] PGC 44686[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
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 took a look at the Coma cluster and NGC 4881.
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- APOD: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma (11/6/1996)
- HST: Galaxy NGC 4881 and the Coma cluster
- Coma Cluster at ESA/Hubble
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3109. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
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