NGC 4871

{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4871

| image = SDSS NGC 4871.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4871.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4871

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

| access-date=2017-12-01}}

| ra = {{RA|12|59|29.9}}

| dec = {{DEC|27|57|23}}

| dist_ly = 311 Mly

| group_cluster = Coma Cluster

| z = 0.022445/6729 km/s

| appmag_v = 14.9

| size_v = 0.7 x 0.5

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = CGCG 160-227, DRCG 27-131, MCG 5-31-66, PGC 44606

|size=~69,760 ly (estimated)}}

File:NGC 4874 HST.jpg dominates the centre of the Coma Cluster. NGC 4871 is in the top right corner.]]

NGC 4871 is a lenticular galaxy located about 310 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4871&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=2017-12-02}} in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4871|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 4871|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-12-02}} NGC 4871 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 10, 1863.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc48a.htm#4871|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-15}} It is a member of the Coma Cluster.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA424|title=Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue|last=Steinicke|first=Wolfgang|date=2010-08-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49010-8|page=424}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4871|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-12-02}}