NGC 4895

NGC 4895 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 5, 1864^[4] and is a member of the Coma Cluster.^[5][6][7]

NGC 4895
SDSS image of NGC 4895.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	13h 00m 17.9s[1]
Declination	28° 12′ 08″[1]
Redshift	0.028326[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8492 km/s[1]
Distance	330 Mly (100 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0 pec[1]
Size	~195,000 ly (59.22 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8 x 0.6[1]
Other designations
NGC 4896,[2] CGCG 160-249, MCG 5-31-81, PGC 44737, UGC 8113[1]

NGC identification

According to Harold Corwin, NGC 4895 is equal to NGC 4896. The NGC designation is usually given to CGCG 160-087^[2] which is a member of the Coma Cluster.^[8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)