NGC 4213

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NGC 4213
NGC4213 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4213
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 15m 37.5s [1]
Declination 23° 58′ 55″ [1]
Redshift 0.022349 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6700 km/s [1]
Distance 344  Mly (105.5  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster NGC 4213 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.48 [1]
Absolute magnitude  (B)-22.94 [1]
Characteristics
Type E [1]
Size~195,700  ly (60.00  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.7′ × 1.7′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 07276, CGCG 128-065, MCG +04-29-054, PGC 039223 [1]

NGC 4213 is a elliptical galaxy located 344 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered on April 10, 1785, by astronomer William Herschel. [3] NGC 4213 is a member of the NGC 4213 Group, [4] [5] [6] which is part of the Coma Supercluster. [4] [5] Other members of the group are IC 772, IC 3075, IC 3089, 2MASX J12140497+2404021, and 2MFGC 9641. [6]

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NGC 4213 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 9.7 × 108 M☉. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results for object NGC 4213". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  3. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4200 - 4249". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  4. 1 2 Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-15). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN   0004-637X.
  5. 1 2 Gavazzi, G.; Carrasco, L.; Galli, R. (April 1999). "The 3-D structure of the Coma-A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 136: 227–235. doi:10.1051/aas:1999209. ISSN   0365-0138.
  6. 1 2 Tully, R. Brent (2015-04-28). "GALAXY GROUPS: A 2MASS CATALOG". The Astronomical Journal. 149 (5): 171. arXiv: 1503.03134 . doi:10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171. ISSN   1538-3881.
  7. ↑ Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T.; Brazier, Adam; Brook, Paul R.; Burke-Spolaor, Sarah; Becsy, Bence; Charisi, Maria; Chatterjee, Shami; Cordes, James M.; Cornish, Neil J.; Crawford, Fronefield; Cromartie, H. Thankful; Decesar, Megan E.; Demorest, Paul B.; Dolch, Timothy (2021-06-01). "The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc". The Astrophysical Journal. 914 (2): 121. arXiv: 2101.02716 . Bibcode:2021ApJ...914..121A. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3 . ISSN   0004-637X.

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