NGC 4015

NGC 4015 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the Coma Berenices.^[1] It is located between 215 and 220 million light years away. Its visual magnitude is 13.15.^[2]

NGC 4015
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	11h 58m 42.600s[1]
Declination	+25° 02′ 11.89″[1]
Redshift	0.015172[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4514 km/s[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.00 × 1.5
Other designations
UGC 6965, MCG +04-28-109, PGC 37702[1]

It was first discovered by Danish astronomer John Dreyer on 26 April 1878, and he described it as a "faint object, very small and with a much brighter middle." He also described it in his notes on the accompanying galaxy, PGC 37703, which he described as "a tail north of the nucleus".^[2]

Together, NGC 4015 and PGC 37703 comprise Arp 138 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.