Astronomy:NGC 4900

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NGC 4900
A spiral galaxy seen face-on. Broken spiral arms made of blue patches of stars and thin strands of dark dust swirl around the galaxy’s centre, forming a broad, circular disc. An extended circular halo surrounds the disc. The centre is a brightly-glowing, stubby bar-shaped area in a pale yellow colour. A bright star in our own galaxy, with long cross-shaped diffraction spikes, is visible atop the distant galaxy.
NGC 4900 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 13h 00m 39.2568s[1]
Declination+02° 30′ 02.687″[1]
Redshift0.003212[1]
Helio radial velocity963 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance70.21 ± 5.63 Mly (21.527 ± 1.726 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4753 Group
Apparent magnitude (B)12.8[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(rs)c;WR HII[1]
Size~66,100 ly (20.26 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)2.2′ × 2.1′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 12580+0246, UGC  8116, MCG+01-33-035, PGC 44797[1]

NGC 4900 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 30, 1786.[2] It is a member of the NGC 4753 Group of galaxies, which 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.[3]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 4900: SN 1999br (Type II, mag. 17.5) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 12 April 1999.[4][5]

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