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NGC 4861

HIIG SIMBAD H2G 391 papers

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Right ascension: 12h 59m 02.34s
Declination: +34° 51′ 34.0″
Galactic l, b: 111.51, 82.1
Magnitude V: 12.32
Redshift z: 0.0028059
Radial velocity: 840 km/s
Angular size: 3.63′ × 1.48′

Also known as

23 identifiers

2E 1256.7+35072E 29292MASX J12590234+3451339APG 266ACAIRNS J125901.78+345139.7CASG 1059KPG 362aKUG 1256+351LEDA 44536LJHY 120[M98c] 125640.3+350756[MI94] Sm 88NGC 4861SCHG 1256+351SDSS J125901.91+345121.4UGC 8098UZC J125902.5+345150VV 797aZ 1256.7+3508Z 189-5[CCA99] UGC 8098b[KVB99] 35MCG+06-29-003

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
CXOU J125901.8+345115	ULX Candidate	22.37″	—
IXO 72	X	54.92″	—
Mrk 59	RadioG	57.39″	—
IC 3961	GinPair	60.96″	—
NVSS J125846+345013	Radio	214.2″	—
CRTS J125917.9+345357	EclBin	240.6″	16.91
SDSS J125903.93+344702.4	QSO	272.3″	19.14
2MASX J12591328+3456110	GtowardsCl	307.8″	—
LEDA 2054494	GtowardsCl	398.9″	—
2XMM J125825.4+344902	StarburstG	482.4″	—
2MASX J12594023+3448495	GtowardsCl	495″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-4861 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.