M87's satellite galaxy NGC 4486B

Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4486B, type E0/dE0, in Virgo

[NGC 4486B, HST]

Right Ascension 12 : 30.5 (h:m)
Declination + 12 : 29 (deg:m)
Distance 60000 (kly)
Visual Brightness 13.29 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 0.5x0.4 (arc min)
M87's satellite galaxy, NGC 4486B, is shown here as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This dwarf galaxy is receding from us at 1409 km/sec.

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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Last Modification: 1 Sep 2001, 00:05 MET