NGC 4296

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NGC 4296
SDSS NGC 4296.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4296. The small galaxy at the top of the image is NGC 4297.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 21m 28.4s [1]
Declination 06° 39′ 13″ [1]
Redshift 0.013673 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4099 km/s [1]
Distance 198  Mly (60.7  Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.66 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Size~91,000  ly (28  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.3 x 0.9 [1]
Other designations
KCPG 331A, MGC +01-32-017, PGC 39943, UGC 7409, VCC 475 [1]

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]

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It also interacts with NGC 4297. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.


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