NGC 4206

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Coordinates: Jupiter and moon.png 12h 15m 16.875s, +13° 01′ 25.82″

NGC 4206
A dusty spiral in Virgo.jpg
NGC 4206 image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Nick Rose
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo [1]
Right ascension 12h 15m 16.8s [2]
Declination 13° 01′ 26.4″ [2]
Redshift 0.00236 [2]
Helio radial velocity 707 km/s [2]
Galactocentric velocity643 ± 3 km/s [3]
Distance 67  Mly (20.4  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster [4] [5]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.15 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.82 [2]
Characteristics
Type SA(s)bc? [3]
Size~98,000  ly (30.1  kpc) (estimated) [3]
Apparent size  (V)5.18 x 0.77 [3]
Other designations
IRAS 12127+1318, PGC 39183,2MASX J12151687+1301258, MCG+02-31-066, HIPASS J1215+13, IC 3064, UGC 7260 [2]

NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate amateur telescopes at 13th magnitude. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. [5] [4]

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NGC 4313

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NGC 4316

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References

  1. ↑ "A dusty spiral in Virgo". www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NGC 4206". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4206. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  4. 1 2 R. B. Tully (1988). Nearby Galaxies Catalog. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-35299-4.
  5. 1 2 Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (September 1985). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 1681. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.1681B. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN   0004-6256.


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