NGC 4606

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NGC 4606
SDSS NGC 4606.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4606.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 40m 57.5s [1]
Declination 11° 54′ 44″ [1]
Redshift 0.005470 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1640 km/s [1]
Distance 53.3  Mly (16.35  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.67 [1]
Characteristics
Type Sa [1]
Size~51,400  ly (15.75  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)3.2 x 1.6 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 70-213, IRAS 12384+1211, MCG 2-32-174, PGC 42516, UGC 7839, VCC 1859 [1]

NGC 4606 is a spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away [2] in the constellation of Virgo. [3] NGC 4606 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. [4] It has a disturbed stellar disk suggesting the actions of gravitational interactions. [5] NGC 4607 may be a possible companion of NGC 4606. [6] However, their redshifts differ by about 600 km/s, making it unlikely that they are a gravitationally bound pair. [7] NGC 4606 is a member of the Virgo Cluster. [8]

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  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 4606 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Virgo Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4600 - 4649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  5. ↑ Saviane, Ivo; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Borissova, Jordanka (2007-08-01). Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Santiago de Chile, December 5 - 9, 2005. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-3-540-71173-5.
  6. ↑ Koopmann, Rebecca A.; Kenney, Jeffrey D. P. (2004). "Hα Morphologies and Environmental Effects in Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 613 (2): 866–885. arXiv: astro-ph/0406243 . Bibcode:2004ApJ...613..866K. doi:10.1086/423191. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   17519217.
  7. ↑ Chung, Aeree; Gorkom, J. H. van; Kenney, Jeffrey D. P.; Crowl, Hugh; Vollmer, Bernd (2009). "VLA Imaging of Virgo Spirals in Atomic Gas (VIVA). I. The Atlas and the H I Properties". The Astronomical Journal. 138 (6): 1741. Bibcode:2009AJ....138.1741C. doi: 10.1088/0004-6256/138/6/1741 . ISSN   1538-3881.
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