NGC 4296

{{Short description|Barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4296

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4296. The small galaxy at the top of the image is NGC 4297.

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4296

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

| access-date=2019-03-19}}

| ra = {{RA|12|21|28.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|06|39|13}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|60.7|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| h_radial_v = 4099 km/s

| z = 0.013673

| appmag_v = 13.66

| size_v = 1.3 x 0.9

| constellation name = Virgo

| names = KCPG 331A, MGC +01-32-017, PGC 39943, UGC 7409, VCC 475

|size=~{{convert|28|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

}}

NGC 4296 is a barred lenticular galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%204296|title=HyperLeda -object description|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2019-03-21}} located about 200 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC%204296&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|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2019-03-21}} in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc42a.htm#4296|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4250 - 4299|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-14}} It forms a pair with NGC 4297,{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/fG.cgi?n=a104&sql=parent%20IN%20(SELECT%20parent%20FROM%20a104%20WHERE%20pgc=39943)|title=Hierarchy catalogue|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2019-03-23}} and both galaxies are listed as CGCG 042-041, and KPG 331.{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=CGCG042-041|title=HyperLeda -object description|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2019-03-23}}

It also interacts with NGC 4297.{{Cite journal|last=Binggeli|first=B.|last2=Sandage|first2=A.|last3=Tammann|first3=G. A.|date=1985-09-01|title=Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=90|pages=1681–1759|doi=10.1086/113874|bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B|issn=0004-6256}}