Astronomy:NGC 4701

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Short description: Unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4701
NGC4701 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4701
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 12h 49m 11.59329s[1]
Declination+03° 23′ 19.3906″[1]
Redshift0.00251[2]
Helio radial velocity752 km/s[2]
Distance50.9 ± 3.3 Mly (15.6 ± 1.0 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.1[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)cd[4]
Other designations
UGC 7975, MCG+01-33-015, PGC 43331[2]

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] It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 4701". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4701. 
  3. Ashby, M. L. N.; Mahajan, S.; Smith, H. A.; Willner, S. P.; Fazio, G. G.; Raychaudhury, S.; Zezas, A.; Barmby, P. et al. (2011). "The Star Formation Reference Survey. I. Survey Description and Basic Data". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 123 (907): 1011. doi:10.1086/661920. Bibcode2011PASP..123.1011A. 
  4. "Results for object NGC 4701 (NGC 4701)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%204701&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  5. "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html. 

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