NGC 4297

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NGC 4297
SDSS NGC 4297.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4297. Part of NGC 4296 can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 21m 27.4s [1]
Declination 06° 40′ 16″ [1]
Redshift 0.013446 [1]
Helio radial velocity 4031 km/s [1]
Distance 200  Mly (60  Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.7 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0(7) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.09 x 0.29 [1]
Other designations
KCPG 331B, MGC 1-32-18, PGC 39940, VCC 473 [1]

NGC 4297 is a lenticular galaxy located about 200 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784. [3] It forms an interacting pair with NGC 4296. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4297. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  3. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4250 - 4299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  5. ↑ 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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