NGC 4596

NGC 4596 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Virgo.^[3] NGC 4596 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784.^[4] NGC 4596 is a member of the Virgo Cluster^[5][6] and has an inclination of about 38°.^[7]

NGC 4596
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 4596.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 39m 55.9s[1]
Declination	10° 10′ 34″[1]
Redshift	0.006311[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1892 km/s[1]
Distance	55 Mly (16.8 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.35[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0^+(r)[1]
Size	~55,700 ly (17.08 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	4.0 x 3.0[1]
Other designations
CGCG 70-206, MCG 2-32-170, PGC 42401, UGC 7828, VCC 1813[1]

Physical characteristics

NGC 4596 has a strong bar with bright ansae at the ends. Two diffuse spiral arms branch off from the ends of the bar and form an inner pseudoring that is well-defined. The spiral arms continue out and fade rapidly in the bright outer disk.^[8]

Supermassive black hole

NGC 4596 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 78 million suns (7.8×10⁷ M☉).^[9][10][11]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4608
• NGC 1533