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. 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.
| NGC 4701 | |
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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 | |
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