NGC 4874

NGC 4874

NGC 4874 picture created from optical and near-infrared exposures taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 59m 35.709s[1]
Declination +27° 57′ 33.80″[1]
Redshift 0.02403[1]
Distance 350 million ly[2]
Other designations
NGC 4874, NFP J125935.7+275734, [BGH2001] 237, [KK90] 169, B2 1257+28, 10P 236, [BO85] Coma 1, [L84] A1656-G2, 5C 4.85, SDSS J125935.70+275733.3, [BTM97] ACO 1656 2, [LGF2005] B125711+281340, CAIRNS J125935.60+275734.0, TT 12, [CHM2007] LDC 926 J125935.70+2757338, [LO95] 1257+282, FOCA 0728-499, UGC 8103, [CHM2007] HDC 745 J125935.70+2757338, [MHR2010] 194.8988+27.9593, GIN 765, UZC J125935.6+275734, [D80] ACO 1656 129, [MO2001b] J125935.7+275732.3, GMP 3329, 4W 1257+28W01, [DFO95] 246, [MOL2003] A1656 J125935+275730, GP 489, 7W 1257+28W01, [DLB87] C11, [OLK95] 1257+282, LEDA 44628, WSTB 74W16, [EDG2007] 3, [OR76] 1257+282, 2MASX J12593562+2757360, Z 1257.2+2814, [FBH2004] X281, [OSR2002] b089, 2MASX J12593570+2757338, Z 160-A22, [FBH2004] S89, [PL95] ACO 1656 G2, MCG+05-31-070, Z 160A-22, [FWB89] Galaxy 321, [ZBO89] ACO 1656-5, MPMM 123, Z 160-231, [K94] 125710.70+281346.0
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 4874 is giant elliptical galaxy, about ten times larger than the Milky Way, at the centre of the Coma Galaxy Cluster. With its strong gravitational pull, it is able to hold onto more than 30.000 globular clusters of stars and even has a few dwarf galaxies in its grasp.

References

  1. ^ a b c "SIMBAD basic query result". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4874&submit=SIMBAD+search. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Galaxies in a Swarm of Star Clusters". Picture of the Week. ESA/Hubble. http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1138a/. Retrieved 20 September 2011.