NGC 4217 | |
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NGC 4217 (lower right) next to M106 (upper left) | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Canes Venatici |
Right ascension | 12 15 50.900 |
Declination | +47° 05′ 30.44″ |
Redshift | 0.003419 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1023 km/s |
Distance | 61.6 Mly (18.88 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.4 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sb |
Other designations | |
UGC 7282, MCG +08-22-087, PGC 39241 |
NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light-years (18 million parsecs) away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is a possible companion galaxy to Messier 106 (NGC 4258).
One supernova, SN 2022myz (type I, mag. 19), was discovered in NGC 4217 on 19 June 2022.
Gallery
- Dust filaments of NGC 4217.
- NGC 4217 by GALEX
- NGC 4217 (SDSS DR14)
References
- ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ "NGC 4217". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- "Results for object NGC 4217 (NGC 4217)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- Transient Name Server entry for SN 2022myz. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
Further reading
- Thompson, Thomas W. J.; Howk, J. Christopher; Savage, Blair D. (2004). "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Extraplanar Dust Structures in the Edge-On Spiral NGC 4217". The Astronomical Journal. 128 (2): 662–673. Bibcode:2004AJ....128..662T. doi:10.1086/422485.
External links
- Media related to NGC 4217 at Wikimedia Commons
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