{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = NGC 4213 | image = [[File:NGC4213 - SDSS DR14.jpg|250px]] | alt = NGC 4213 | caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 4213 | constellation name = [[Coma Berenices (constellation)|Coma Berenices ]] | epoch = J2000 | ra = {{RA|12|15|37.5}}<ref name="ned" /> | dec = {{DEC|23|58|55}}<ref name="ned" /> | type = E<ref name="ned">{{cite web | website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | title=Results for object NGC 4213 | publisher = [[NASA]] and [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] | url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+4213 | access-date=2025-06-23}}</ref> | dist_ly = {{convert|105.5|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name="ned" /> | group_cluster = [[NGC 4213 Group]] | z = 0.022349<ref name="ned" /> | h_radial_v = 6700 km/s<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 13.48<ref name="ned" /> |absmag_b=-22.94<ref name="ned"/> | size_v = {{Val|1.7|×|1.7|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}} |size=~{{convert|60.00|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)<ref name ="ned" /> | names = UGC 07276, CGCG 128-065, MCG +04-29-054, PGC 039223<ref name="ned" /> }}
'''NGC 4213''' is an [[elliptical galaxy]] located 344 million [[Light-year|light-years]] away<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC%204213&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> in the [[constellation]] [[Coma Berenices]]. It was discovered on April 10, 1785, by astronomer [[William Herschel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4200 - 4249 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc42.htm#4213 |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref> NGC 4213 is a member of the [[NGC 4213 Group]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Gregory |first1=S. A. |last2=Thompson |first2=L. A. |date=1978-06-15 |title=The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1086/156198 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=222 |pages=784 |doi=10.1086/156198 |bibcode=1978ApJ...222..784G |issn=0004-637X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Gavazzi |first1=G. |last2=Carrasco |first2=L. |last3=Galli |first3=R. |date=April 1999 |title=The 3-D structure of the Coma-A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A&AS..136..227G/abstract |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series |language=en |volume=136 |issue=2 |pages=227–235 |doi=10.1051/aas:1999209 |bibcode=1999A&AS..136..227G |issn=0365-0138}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Tully |first=R. Brent |date=2015-04-28 |title=Galaxy Groups: A 2Mass Catalog |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=149 |issue=5 |pages=171 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171 |issn=1538-3881|arxiv=1503.03134 |bibcode=2015AJ....149..171T }}</ref> which is part of the [[Coma Supercluster]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Other members of the group are [[IC 772]], [[IC 3075]], [[IC 3089]], [[2MASX J12140497+2404021]], and [[2MFGC 9641]].<ref name=":2" />
NGC 4213 has a [[supermassive black hole]] with an estimated mass of 9.7 × 10<sup>8</sup> [[Solar mass|<var>M</var><sub>☉</sub>]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arzoumanian |first1=Zaven |last2=Baker |first2=Paul T. |last3=Brazier |first3=Adam |last4=Brook |first4=Paul R. |last5=Burke-Spolaor |first5=Sarah |last6=Becsy |first6=Bence |last7=Charisi |first7=Maria |last8=Chatterjee |first8=Shami |last9=Cordes |first9=James M. |last10=Cornish |first10=Neil J. |last11=Crawford |first11=Fronefield |last12=Cromartie |first12=H. Thankful |last13=Decesar |first13=Megan E. |last14=Demorest |first14=Paul B. |last15=Dolch |first15=Timothy |date=2021-06-01 |title=The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Limits on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxies within 500 Mpc |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=914 |issue=2 |pages=121 |arxiv=2101.02716 |bibcode=2021ApJ...914..121A |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/abfcd3 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Coma Supercluster]] == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category-inline}} {{NGC objects:4500-4999}} [[Category:Coma Berenices]] [[Category:NGC objects|4213]] [[Category:UGC objects|07276]] [[Category:Elliptical galaxies]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|039223]] [[Category:MCG objects|+04-29-054]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1785]] [[Category:NGC 4213 Group]]