NGC 4468

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4468

| image = SDSS NGC 4468.jpg

| caption =SDSS image of NGC 4468.

| epoch = J2000

| type = E, SA0-?{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4468

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-09-19}}

| ra = {{RA|12|29|30.9}}

| dec = {{DEC|14|02|57}}

| dist_ly = 55,100,000 ly

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| z = 0.003032/909 km/s

| appmag_v = 13.7

| size_v = 1.45 x 0.96

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = PGC 41171, UGC 7628, VCC 1196

|size=~22,700 ly }}

NGC 4468 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy{{Cite web|last=Halliday|first=Claire|date=1998|title=Low luminosity elliptical galaxies|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4639/1/4639_2105.PDF?UkUDh:CyT|publisher=Durham University|work=Durham theses}} located about 55 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4468&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-20}} in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5514/ngc-4468/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4468 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20}} The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc44a.htm#4468|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-28}} It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite journal|last1=Halliday|first1=C.|last2=Davies|first2=Roger L.|last3=Kuntschner|first3=Harald|last4=Birkinshaw|first4=M.|last5=Bender|first5=Ralf|last6=Saglia|first6=R.P.|last7=Baggley|first7=Glenn|date=19 March 2001|title=Line-of-sight velocity distributions of low-luminosity elliptical galaxies|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=326|issue=2|pages=473–489|citeseerx=10.1.1.254.4945|bibcode=2001MNRAS.326..473H|arxiv=astro-ph/0103295|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04492.x|doi-access=free |s2cid=17307014}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4468|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-20}}