NGC 4206

NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate amateur telescopes at 13th magnitude. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.^[5][4]

NGC 4206
NGC 4206 image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo[1]
Right ascension	12h 15m 16.8s[2]
Declination	13° 01′ 26.4″[2]
Redshift	0.00236[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	707 km/s[2]
Galactocentric velocity	643 ± 3 km/s[3]
Distance	67 Mly (20.4 Mpc)[2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster[4][5]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.15[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.82[2]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)bc?[3]
Size	~98,000 ly (30.1 kpc) (estimated)[3]
Apparent size (V)	5.18 x 0.77[3]
Other designations
IRAS 12127+1318, PGC 39183,2MASX J12151687+1301258, MCG+02-31-066, HIPASS J1215+13, IC 3064, UGC 7260[2]