NGC 4701

NGC 4701
NGC 4701
	SDSS image of NGC 4701
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 49m 11.59329s
Declination	+03° 23′ 19.3906″
Redshift	0.00251
Heliocentric radial velocity	752 km/s
Distance	50.9 ± 3.3 Mly (15.6 ± 1.0 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.1
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)cd
Other designations
	UGC 7975, MCG +01-33-015, PGC 43331

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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.
^ "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Retrieved 2010-11-27.