NGC 4217

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NGC 4217
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This is galaxy NGC 4217 with foreground stars from the Milky Way.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Canes Venatici
Right ascension 12h 15m 50.900s [1]
Declination +47° 05′ 30.44″ [1]
Redshift 0.003419 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1023 km/s [2]
Distance 61.6  Mly (18.88  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.4 [2]
Characteristics
Type Sb [4]
Apparent size  (V)5.012′ × 1.479′ [5]
Other designations
UGC 7282, MCG +08-22-087, PGC 39241 [2]

NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light-years (18 million parsecs) away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. [3] It is a possible companion galaxy[ citation needed ] to Messier 106 (NGC 4258).

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One supernova, SN 2022myz (type I, mag. 19), was discovered in NGC 4217 on 19 June 2022. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 4217". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. 1 2 Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 4217 (NGC 4217)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ↑ https://www.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=285&object_name=NGC+4217&locale=EN
  6. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2022myz. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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