NGC 4217
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.[5] It is a possible companion galaxy to Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258).
| NGC 4217 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4217 (lower right) next to M106 (upper left) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 12h 15m 50.900s[1] |
| Declination | +47° 05′ 30.44″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003419[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1023 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 61.6 Mly (18.88 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.4[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7282, MCG+08-22-087, PGC 39241[2] | |
Gallery
Dust filaments of NGC 4217.
NGC 4217 by GALEX
NGC 4217 (SDSS DR14)
References
- Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- "NGC 4217". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- 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. 50.
- "Results for object NGC 4217 (NGC 4217)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- "NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici".
External links
Media related to NGC 4217 at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- Thompson, Thomas W. J.; Howk, J. Christopher; Savage, Blair D. (2004). "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Extraplanar Dust Structures in the Edge-On Spiral NGC 4217". The Astronomical Journal. 128 (2): 662–673. Bibcode:2004AJ....128..662T. doi:10.1086/422485.
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