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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
 | name       = NGC 4881
 | image      = NGC4881 HST 1995-07.jpg
 | image_size = 250px
 | caption    = Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 (center) and the [[Spiral galaxy]] [[PGC 44691]] (right).
 | epoch      = [[J2000]]
 | type       = E0<ref name=Baum1995/>
 | ra         = {{RA|12|59|57.74810}}<ref name=GaiaDR2/>
 | dec        = {{DEC|+28|14|48.0093}}<ref name=GaiaDR2/>
 | dist_ly    = {{convert|94.62|±|0.22|Mpc|Mly|order=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}}<ref name=Tully2013/>
 | z          = 
 | h_radial_v = {{val|6740|6|u= km/s}}<ref name="ned" />
 | gal_v      = {{val|6755|6|u= km/s}}<ref name="ned" />
 | appmag_v   = 14.6<ref name="ned" />
 | size_v     = {{nowrap|1′.0 × 1′.0}}<ref name="ned" />
 | constellation name = [[Coma Berenices]]
 | names      = {{odlist | NGC=4481 | LEDA=44686 | UGC=8106 | PGC=44686 }}<ref name="ned" /><ref name=SIMBAD/>
}}

'''NGC 4881''' is an [[elliptical galaxy]] in the northern [[constellation]] of [[Coma Berenices]]. It was discovered by the German astronomer [[Heinrich Louis d'Arrest]] on April 22, 1865. [[John Louis Emil Dreyer|John L. E. Dreyer]] described it as "faint, small, a little extended, 9th magnitude star to southwest".<ref name=cseligman/> This object is located at a distance of approximately {{convert|94.62|Mpc|Mly|0|disp=out|abbr=off|lk=on}} from the [[Milky Way]].<ref name=Tully2013/> It is a member of the [[Coma cluster of galaxies]],<ref name="ThomsenBaum1997"/> positioned around {{val|18|ul=arcminute}} to the north of the cluster's center with no nearby galactic neighbors.<ref name=Baum1995/>

The [[Galaxy morphological classification|morphological class]] of this galaxy is E0, indicating it is an elliptical galaxy with a spherically symmetric form. It does not display any unusual or peculiar features. A total of 88 [[globular cluster]] candidates have been identified orbiting this galaxy, which yields an estimated total of {{val|195|21}}.<ref name=Baum1995/> It has an unusually low frequency of globulars for a galaxy of this type.<ref name=Baum1994/>
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==See also==
* [[Mice Galaxies]]
* [[Virgo A]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad
 | title=NGC 4881 | access-date=2020-09-24 }}</ref>

<ref name=GaiaDR2>{{Cite Gaia DR2|1463821959393823872}}</ref>

<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web
 | url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc48a.htm#4881
 | title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4850 - 4899
 | last=Seligman | first=Courtney | website=cseligman.com
 | access-date=2020-09-20 }}</ref>

<ref name=Baum1994>{{cite journal
 | title=Globulars to 27.6 Magnitude in the Coma Cluster
 | last1=Baum | first1=W. A. | last2=Hammergren | first2=M.
 | last3=Light | first3=R. M. | last4=Ewald | first4=S. P.
 | last5=Groth | first5=E. J. | last6=Ajhar | first6=E. A.
 | last7=Lauer | first7=T. R. | last8=Lynds | first8=C. R.
 | last9=O'Neil | first9=E. J. | last10=Holtzman | first10=J. A.
 | last11=Faber | first11=S. M. | last12=Grillmair | first12=C. J.
 | journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
 | volume=26 | page=1398 | date=December 1994
 | bibcode=1994AAS...185.5204B }}</ref>

<ref name=Tully2013>{{citation
 | title=Cosmicflows-2: The Data 
 | last1=Tully | first1=R. Brent | last2=Courtois | first2=Hélène M.
 | last3=Dolphin | first3=Andrew E. | last4=Fisher | first4=J. Richard
 | last5=Héraudeau | first5=Philippe | last6=Jacobs | first6=Bradley A.
 | last7=Karachentsev | first7=Igor D. | last8=Makarov | first8=Dmitry
 | last9=Makarova | first9=Lidia | last10=Mitronova | first10=Sofia
 | last11=Rizzi | first11=Luca | last12=Shaya | first12=Edward J.
 | last13=Sorce | first13=Jenny G. | last14=Wu | first14=Po-Feng
 | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | volume=146 | issue=4 | id=86 | pages=25 | date=October 2013
 | bibcode=2013AJ....146...86T | arxiv=1307.7213
 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86 | s2cid=118494842 }}</ref>

<ref name=Baum1995>{{cite journal
 | title=Globular Clusters in Coma Galaxy NGC 4881
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Baum | first1=W. A.
 | last2=Hammergren | first2=M. | last3=Groth | first3=E. J.
 | last4=Ajhar | first4=E. A. | last5=Lauer | first5=T. R.
 | last6=O'Neil | first6=E. J. Jr. | last7=Lynds | first7=C. R.
 | last8=Faber | first8=S. M. | last9=Grillmair | first9=C. J.
 | last10=Holtzman | first10=J. A. | last11=Light | first11=R. M.
 | journal=Astronomical Journal
 | volume=110 | pages=2537 | date=December 1995
 | bibcode=1995AJ....110.2537B | doi=10.1086/117710 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="ned">{{cite web
 | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
 | work=Results for NGC 4881
 | url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=ngc4881&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
 | access-date=2017-11-02 }}</ref>

<ref name="ThomsenBaum1997">{{cite journal
 | title=The Distance to the Coma Cluster from Surface Brightness Fluctuations
 | last1=Thomsen | first1=Bjarne | last2=Baum | first2=William A.
 | last3=Hammergren | first3=Mark | last4=Worthey | first4=Guy
 | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal
 | volume=483 | issue=1 | year=1997 | pages=L37–L40
 | issn=0004-637X | bibcode=1997ApJ...483L..37T
 | arxiv=astro-ph/9704121 | doi=10.1086/310735 | s2cid=13993030 }}</ref>
</references>

== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* [http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961106.html APOD: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma (11/6/1996)]
* [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1995/07/text/ '''HST''': Galaxy NGC 4881 and the Coma cluster]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070709043109/http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/opo9507a.html Coma Cluster at ESA/Hubble]

{{NGC objects:4500-4999}}
{{Coma Berenices}}

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[[Category:Elliptical galaxies]]
[[Category:Coma Cluster]]
[[Category:Coma Berenices]]
[[Category:NGC objects|4881]]
[[Category:UGC objects|08106]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|44686]]