| NGC 4217 | |
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 This is galaxy NGC 4217 with foreground stars from the Milky Way. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 12h 15m 50.900s[1] |
| Declination | +47° 05′ 30.44″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003419[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1023 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 61.6 Mly (18.88 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.4[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 5.012′ × 1.479′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7282,MCG +08-22-087,PGC 39241[2] | |
NGC 4217 is an edge-onspiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 millionlight-years (18 millionparsecs) away in theconstellation ofCanes Venatici.[3] It is a possible companion galaxy[citation needed] toMessier 106 (NGC 4258).
Onesupernova, SN 2022myz (type I, mag. 19), was discovered in NGC 4217 on 19 June 2022.[6]
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