NGC 4860

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

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=NGC 4860

|image=250px

|caption=Eliptical galaxy NGC 4860 (center) and spiral galaxy NGC 4858 (left).

|epoch= J2000

|constellation name=Coma Berenices

|ra={{RA|12|59|03.91}}

|dec={{DEC|+28|07|25.3}}

|z= 0.02645

|h_radial_v=7825 km/s

|dist_ly={{convert|110|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

|group_cluster=Coma Cluster

|type=E2

|size=

|appmag_b=14.5

|appmag_v=13.5

|size_v=0.8' × 0.65'

|notes=

|names={{odlist|PGC= 44539|MCG= +05-31-054}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 4860|accessdate=2021-02-19}}

}}

NGC 4860 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered on 21 April 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?NGC+4860|title=NGC 4860|last=Frommert|first=Hartmut|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}

With its distance from Earth being approximately 110 million parsecs, NGC 4860 belongs to the Coma Cluster, which consists of over 1,000 identified galaxies.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc48a.htm#4860|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-11}}