NGC 4701
NGC 4701 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the New General Catalogue, located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel in 1786 with a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) diameter mirror type telescope.[2]
| NGC 4701 | |
|---|---|
 HST image of NGC 4701 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 49m 11.59329s[1] |
| Declination | +03° 23′ 19.3906″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00251[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 752 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 50.9 ± 3.3 Mly (15.6 ± 1.0 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)cd[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7975, MCG+01-33-015, PGC 43331[2] | |
References
- Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- "NGC 4701". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- Ashby, M. L. N.; Mahajan, S.; Smith, H. A.; Willner, S. P.; Fazio, G. G.; Raychaudhury, S.; Zezas, A.; Barmby, P.; Bonfini, P.; Cao, C.; González-Alfonso, E.; Ishihara, D.; Kaneda, H.; Lyttle, V.; Madden, S.; Papovich, C.; Sturm, E.; Surace, J.; Wu, H.; Zhu, Y. -N. (2011). "The Star Formation Reference Survey. I. Survey Description and Basic Data". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 123 (907): 1011. arXiv:1107.2570. Bibcode:2011PASP..123.1011A. doi:10.1086/661920. S2CID 119226030.
- "Results for object NGC 4701 (NGC 4701)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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