NGC 4316

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4316

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4316.

| epoch = J2000

| type = Scd?{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4316

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

| access-date=2019-08-25}}

| ra = {{RA|12|22|42.2}}

| dec = {{DEC|09|19|57}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|22|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| h_radial_v = 1250 km/s

| z = 0.004170

| appmag_v = 13.5

| size_v = 2.79 x 0.63

| constellation name = Virgo

| names = UGC 07447, VCC 0576, PGC 040119, MCG +02-32-017

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

NGC 4316 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC%204316&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=2019-08-26}} in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on March 17, 1882.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc43.htm#4316|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4300 - 4349|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2019-08-19}} NGC 4316 is a member of the Virgo Cluster{{Cite journal|last1=Binggeli|first1=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}}{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4316|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2019-08-26}} and is classified as LINER and as a Seyfert galaxy.{{Cite journal|last1=Decarli|first1=R.|last2=Gavazzi|first2=G.|last3=Arosio|first3=I.|last4=Cortese|first4=L.|last5=Boselli|first5=A.|last6=Bonfanti|first6=C.|last7=Colpi|first7=M.|date=2007-10-01|title=The census of nuclear activity of late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=381|issue=1|pages=136–150|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12208.x|arxiv=0707.0999|bibcode=2007MNRAS.381..136D|issn=0035-8711|doi-access=free}}

The galaxy has undergone ram-pressure stripping in the past.{{Cite journal|last1=Palous|first1=J.|last2=Taylor|first2=R.|last3=Jachym|first3=P.|last4=Koppen|first4=J.|date=2018-06-15|title=Ram Pressure Stripping Made Easy: An Analytical Approach|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=479|issue=4|pages=4367–4390|language=en|doi=10.1093/mnras/sty1610|doi-access=free |arxiv=1806.05887|bibcode=2018MNRAS.479.4367K|s2cid=119245255}}

On February 28, 2003 a type II supernova known as SN 2003bk was discovered in NGC 4316.{{Cite web|url=http://rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/snhnameall.html|title=List of supernovae sorted by host name|website=Bright Supernova - Archives|access-date=2019-08-25}}{{Cite web|url=http://rochesterastronomy.org/sn2003/index.html#2003bk|title=Bright Supernovae - 2003.|website=rochesterastronomy.org|access-date=2019-08-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2003bk|title=SN 2003bk {{!}} Transient Name Server|website=wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il|access-date=2019-08-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://sne.space/event/|title=2003bk - The Open Supernova Catalog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26|archive-date=2016-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917005846/https://sne.space/event/|url-status=dead}}