NGC 4495


NGC4495 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4850 ± 20km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. Additionally, 31 non-redshift measurements give a distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 March 1785.
According to the SIMBAD database, NGC4495 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4495:SN1994S was discovered by Larry Mitchell on 4 June 1994.SN2010lo was discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey on 15 December 2010.SN2011ca was discovered by Fabrizio Ciabattari and E. Mazzoni on 26 April 2011.