NGC 4873

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4873

| image = SDSS NGC 4873.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4873.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4873

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

| access-date=2017-09-14}}

| ra = {{RA|12|59|32.8}}

| dec = {{DEC|27|59|01}}

| dist_ly = 269,276,000 ly

| group_cluster = Coma Cluster

| z = 0.019310/5789 km/s

| appmag_v = 15.1

| size_v = 0.67 x 0.45

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = CGCG 160-229, DRCG 27-155, MCG 5-31-69, PGC 44621

|size=~79,000 ly (estimated)}}

NGC 4873 is a lenticular galaxy located about 270 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4873&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=2017-09-15}} in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5960/ngc-4873/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4873 - Lenticular Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2017-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916053029/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5960/ngc-4873/galaxy|url-status=dead}} NGC 4873 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 10, 1863.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc48a.htm#4873|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4850 - 4899|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-15}} The galaxy is a member of the Coma Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4873|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-15}}{{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|language=en}}