NGC 4892

NGC 4892 is a spiral^[2][3][4] or lenticular galaxy^[2] with LINER activity^[4] located 275 million light-years away^[5] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[6] It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on April 11, 1785,^[6] and is a member of the Coma Cluster.^[7]

NGC 4892
SDSS image of NGC 4892.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13h 00m 03.5s[1]
Declination	26° 53′ 53″[1]
Redshift	0.019690[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5903 km/s[1]
Distance	275 Mly (84.2 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	Sb[1],S0-a[2]
Size	~180,000 ly (56 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.57 x 0.38[1]
Other designations
CGCG 160-81, MCG 5-31-78, PGC 44697, UGC 8108[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)