NGC 4206

NGC 4206
NGC 4206 image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo [1]
Right ascension	12h 15m 16.8s [2]
Declination	13° 01′ 26.4″ [2]
Redshift	0.00236 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	707 km/s [2]
Galactocentric velocity	643 ± 3 km/s [3]
Distance	67  Mly (20.4  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster [4] [5]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	12.15 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	12.82 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)bc? [3]
Size	~98,000  ly (30.1  kpc) (estimated) [3]
Apparent size  (V)	5.18 x 0.77 [3]
Other designations
IRAS 12127+1318, PGC 39183,2MASX J12151687+1301258, MCG+02-31-066, HIPASS J1215+13, IC 3064, UGC 7260 [2]

NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate amateur telescopes at 13th magnitude. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. ^{[5] [4]}

References

1. "A dusty spiral in Virgo". www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. "NGC 4206". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 October 2014.
3. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4206. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
4. R. B. Tully (1988). Nearby Galaxies Catalog. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-35299-4.
5. Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (September 1985). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 1681. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.1681B. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN   0004-6256.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4206 at Wikimedia Commons