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EntityQ959149· pop 31· linked from 503 articles

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Canes Venatici
Right ascension
12 15 50.900
Declination
+47 ° 05 ′ 30.44 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1023 km/s
Distance
61.6 Mly (18.88 Mpc )
Type
Sb
Apparent size v
5.012′ × 1.479′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light-years (18 million parsecs) away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is a possible companion galaxy to Messier 106 (NGC 4258).

One supernova, SN 2022myz (type I, mag. 19), was discovered in NGC 4217 on 19 June 2022.

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