| NGC 4696 | |
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| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 12h 48m 49.3s[1] |
| Declination | −41° 18′ 40″[1] |
| Redshift | 2958 ± 15 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 116 ± 9Mly (35 ± 3Mpc)[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] | |
NGC 4696 is anelliptical galaxy. It lies around 145,000,000 light-years (44,000,000 pc) away in theconstellationCentaurus. It is the brightest galaxy in theCentaurus Cluster, a large, richcluster of galaxies in the constellation of the same name.[3] The galaxy is surrounded by manydwarf elliptical galaxies also located within the cluster.[3] There is believed to be asupermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy.[4]
Onesupernova, SN 2017ejb (type Ia, mag. 17.2), was discovered in NGC 4696 on 28 May, 2017.[5]
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