NGC 4296

Summary

NGC 4296 is a barred lenticular galaxy[2] located about 200 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784.[4] It forms a pair with NGC 4297,[5] and both galaxies are listed as CGCG 042-041, and KPG 331.[6]

NGC 4296
SDSS image of NGC 4296. The small galaxy at the top of the image is NGC 4297.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 21m 28.4s[1]
Declination06° 39′ 13″[1]
Redshift0.013673[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity4099 km/s[1]
Distance198 Mly (60.7 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.66[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Size~91,000 ly (28 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.3 x 0.9[1]
Other designations
KCPG 331A, MGC 1-32-17, PGC 39943, UGC 7409, VCC 475[1]

It also interacts with NGC 4297.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4296. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  2. ^ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4250 - 4299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. ^ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  6. ^ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  7. ^ Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (1985-09-01). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 1681–1759. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.1681B. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN 0004-6256.

External links edit

  •   Media related to NGC 4296 at Wikimedia Commons
  • NGC 4296 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images