NGC 4976

NGC 4976 is a peculiar elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was detected with a 5" telescope working at 20x magnification by comet hunter Jack Bennett.^[3]

NGC 4976
NGC 4976 2MASS (near-infrared)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Centaurus
Right ascension	13h 08m 37.5s[1]
Declination	−49° 30′ 23″[1]
Redshift	0.004847[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1453 ± 24 km/s[1]
Distance	41 ± 17 Mly (12.5 ± 5.3 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	E4 pec[1]
Apparent size (V)	5.6′ × 3.0′[1]
Other designations
PGC 45562[1]