NGC 4468 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy[2] located about 55 million light-years away[3] in the constellation of Coma Berenices.[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787.[5] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4468. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  2. ^ Halliday, Claire (1998). "Low luminosity elliptical galaxies" (PDF). Durham theses. Durham University.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 4468 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  6. ^ Halliday, C.; Davies, Roger L.; Kuntschner, Harald; Birkinshaw, M.; Bender, Ralf; Saglia, R.P.; Baggley, Glenn (19 March 2001). "Line-of-sight velocity distributions of low-luminosity elliptical galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 326 (2): 473–489. arXiv:astro-ph/0103295. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.326..473H. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.254.4945. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04492.x. S2CID 17307014.
  7. ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.


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