NGC 4860

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]

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[1]
Declination	+28° 07′ 25.3″[1]
Redshift	0.02645[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7825 km/s[1]
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[1]

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]

See also

• List of galaxies
• Comet Galaxy