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Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 4696 is an elliptical galaxy. It lies around 145,000,000 light-years (44,000,000 pc) away in the constellation Centaurus. It is the brightest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster, a large, rich cluster of galaxies in the constellation of the same name.[3] The galaxy is surrounded by many dwarf elliptical galaxies also located within the cluster.[3] There is believed to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy.[4]
NGC 4696 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 12h 48m 49.3s[1] |
Declination | −41° 18′ 40″[1] |
Redshift | 2958 ± 15 km/s[1] |
Distance | 116 ± 9 Mly (35 ± 3 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.4[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E1 pec[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4.5′ × 3.2′[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 43296[1] |
One supernova, SN 2017ejb (type Ia, mag. 17.2), was discovered in NGC 4696 on 28 May, 2017.[5]
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