NGC 4217

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NGC 4217
M106HunterWilson.jpg
NGC 4217 (lower right) next to M106 (upper left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCanes Venatici
Right ascension12h 15m 50.900s[1]
Declination+47° 05′ 30.44″[1]
Redshift0.003419[2]
Helio radial velocity1023 km/s[2]
Distance61.6 Mly (18.88 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.4[2]
Characteristics
TypeSb[4]
Other designations
UGC 7282, MCG +08-22-087, PGC 39241[2]

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.[5] It is a possible companion galaxy to Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258).

Gallery[]

  • Dust filaments of NGC 4217.

  • NGC 4217 by GALEX

  • NGC 4217 (SDSS DR14)

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 4217". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. ^ 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. 50.
  4. ^ "Results for object NGC 4217 (NGC 4217)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ^ "NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici".

External links[]

  • Media related to NGC 4217 at Wikimedia Commons

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