NGC 4696
galaxy
NGC 4696 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,251±23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 156.4 ± 11.0 Mly (47.95 ± 3.38 Mpc). However, 25 non-redshift measurements give a much closer mean distance of 122.63 ± 3.90 Mly (37.600 ± 1.196 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer James Dunlop on 7 May 1826.
Papers about it
- A model for the ongoing subcluster interaction in Centaurus
- Mapping gas accretion and stellar kinematics to sub-kiloparsec scales in NGC 4696 with JWST/NIRSpec
- JWST reveals how black holes are fed: kiloparsec-scale multiphase filaments feed sub-kiloparsec circumnuclear disks