NGC 4866
NGC 4866 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy[5] located roughly 100 million light-years[3] away in the constellation Virgo. It was first observed by British astronomer Sir William Herschel on January 14, 1787.[6] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[7]
| NGC 4866 | |
|---|---|
|  HST image of NGC 4866 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo | 
| Right ascension | 12h 59m 27.140s[1] | 
| Declination | +14° 10′ 15.78″[1] | 
| Redshift | 0.006615[2] | 
| Helio radial velocity | 1977 km/s[2] | 
| Distance | 101.27 ± 0.65 Mly (31.05 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3] | 
| Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster | 
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.08[4] | 
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.00[4] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0+(r):[5] | 
| Apparent size (V) | 5.8′ × 0.95′[6] | 
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8102, MCG +02-33-045, PGC 44600[2] | |
On April 1, 2015, a bright source was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) program, and was designated ASASSN-15ga. The source is likely a type Ia supernova.[8]
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 NGC 4866 by Hubble Space Telescope NGC 4866 by Hubble Space Telescope
 NGC 4866 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey NGC 4866 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
 NGC 4866 (HST) NGC 4866 (HST)
References
    
- Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.
- "NGC 4866". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4). arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86.
- "Search specification: NGC 4866". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- "Results for object NGC 4866 (NGC 4866)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Kim, Suk; Rey, Soo-Chang; Jerjen, Helmut; Lisker, Thorsten; Sung, Eon-Chang; Lee, Youngdae; Chung, Jiwon; Pak, Mina; Yi, Wonhyeong; Lee, Woong (2014). "The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 215 (2): 22. Bibcode:2014ApJS..215...22K. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22. hdl:1885/76226. S2CID 119296675.
- Piascik, A. S.; Steele, I. A. (2015-01-01). "ATel #7333: Spectral Classification of ASASSN-15ga in NGC4866". The Astronomer's Telegram. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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