NGC 4060

{{Short description|Lenticular and LINER galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4060

| image = 250px

|caption = SDSS image of NGC 4060

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4060

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2019-01-15}}

| ra = {{RA|12|04|01.0}}

| dec = {{DEC|20|20|15}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|97|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.022636

|h_radial_v = 6786 km/s

| group_cluster = NGC 4065 Group

| appmag_v = 15.6

| size_v = 0.40 x 0.30

|size=~{{convert|20|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| names = PGC 38151

}}

NGC 4060 is a lenticular galaxy located 320 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC%204060&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2019-01-15}} in the constellation Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4060|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 4060|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2019-01-15}} It was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on March 18, 1865{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc40a.htm#4060|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2019-01-15}} and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group{{Cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=S. A.|last2=Thompson|first2=L. A.|date=1978-06-01|title=The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=222|pages=784–799|doi=10.1086/156198|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=1978ApJ...222..784G|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=physicsfacpub}}{{Cite journal|last1=Tifft|first1=W. G.|last2=Gregory|first2=S. A.|date=1979-07-01|title=Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=231|pages=23–27|doi=10.1086/157158|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=1979ApJ...231...23T}}{{Cite journal|last1=Burns|first1=Jack O.|last2=Hanisch|first2=Robert J.|last3=White|first3=Richard A.|last4=Nelson|first4=Eric R.|last5=Morrisette|first5=Kim A.|last6=Moody|first6=J. Ward|date=1987-09-01|title=A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=94|pages=587–617|doi=10.1086/114494|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1987AJ.....94..587B}}{{Cite journal|last1=Doe|first1=Stephen M.|last2=Ledlow|first2=Michael J.|last3=Burns|first3=Jack O.|last4=White|first4=Richard A.|date=1995-07-01|title=ROSAT Observations of Five Poor Galaxy Clusters with Extended Radio Sources|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=110|pages=46|doi=10.1086/117496|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1995AJ....110...46D|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Helsdon|first1=Stephen F.|last2=Ponman|first2=Trevor J.|last3=O'Sullivan|first3=Ewan|last4=Forbes|first4=Duncan A.|date=2001-08-01|title=X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=325|issue=2|pages=693–706|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04490.x|doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711|bibcode=2001MNRAS.325..693H|arxiv=astro-ph/0103293|s2cid=17732882}} which is part of the Coma Supercluster.{{Cite journal|last1=Galli|first1=R.|last2=Carrasco|first2=L.|last3=Gavazzi|first3=G.|date=1999-04-01|title=The 3-D structure of the Coma–A 1367 supercluster: Optical spectroscopy of 102 galaxies|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|language=en|volume=136|issue=2|pages=227–235|doi=10.1051/aas:1999209|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1999A&AS..136..227G|doi-access=free}}

NGC 4060 is classified as a LINER galaxy.{{Cite web|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/|title=NGC 4060|website=sim-id|access-date=2019-01-15}}