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] 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]

NGC 4701
SDSS image of NGC 4701
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 49m 11.59329s[1]
Declination+03° 23′ 19.3906″[1]
Redshift0.00251[2]
Heliocentric 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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "NGC 4701". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. 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.
  4. "Results for object NGC 4701 (NGC 4701)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  • Media related to NGC 4701 at Wikimedia Commons
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