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NGC 4860
NGC 4860
	Eliptical galaxy NGC 4860 (center) and spiral galaxy NGC 4858 (left).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 59m 03.91s
Declination	+28° 07′ 25.3″
Redshift	0.02645
Heliocentric radial velocity	7825 km/s
Distance	360 Mly (110 Mpc)
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.5
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.5
Characteristics
Type	E2
Apparent size (V)	0.8' × 0.65'
Other designations
	MCG +05-31-054, PGC 44539

NGC 4860 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered on 21 April 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.^[2]

With its distance from Earth being approximately 110 million parsecs, NGC 4860 belongs to the Coma Cluster, which consists of over 1,000 identified galaxies.^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "NGC 4860". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
^ Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 4860". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.