NGC 4206

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Sky|12|15|16.875|+|13|01|25.82}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 4206

| image = A dusty spiral in Virgo.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = NGC 4206 image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

| credit = ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Nick Rose

| epoch = J2000

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Virgo{{cite web|title=A dusty spiral in Virgo|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1440a/|website=www.spacetelescope.org|publisher=ESA/Hubble|access-date=15 October 2014}}

| ra = {{RA|12|15|16.8}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 4206|access-date=15 October 2014}}

| dec = {{DEC|13|01|26.4}}

| z = 0.00236

| h_radial_v = 707 km/s

| gal_v = 643 ± 3 km/s

| dist_ly = {{convert|20.4|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster{{cite book

| author=R. B. Tully

| date=1988

| title=Nearby Galaxies Catalog

| publisher=Cambridge University Press

| location=Cambridge

| isbn=978-0-521-35299-4}}

| type = SA(s)bc?{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4206

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

| access-date=2018-07-19}}

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| size = ~{{convert|30.1|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| stars =

| appmag_v = 12.15

| appmag_b = 12.82

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 5.18 x 0.77

| notes =

| names = IRAS 12127+1318, PGC 39183,2MASX J12151687+1301258, MCG+02-31-066, HIPASS J1215+13, IC 3064, UGC 7260

}}

NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate amateur telescopes at 13th magnitude. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite journal|last=Binggeli|first=B.|last2=Sandage|first2=A.|last3=Tammann|first3=G. A.|date=September 1985|title=Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies|journal=The Astronomical Journal|language=en|volume=90|pages=1681|doi=10.1086/113874|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B}}