NGC 4297

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]

NGC 4297
SDSS image of NGC 4297. Part of NGC 4296 can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 21m 27.4s[1]
Declination06° 40′ 16″[1]
Redshift0.013446[1]
Helio radial velocity4031 km/s[1]
Distance200 Mly (60 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.7[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0(7)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.09 x 0.29[1]
Other designations
KCPG 331B, MGC 1-32-18, PGC 39940, VCC 473[1]

See also

References
  1. "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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