NGC 4596

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4596

| image = 250px

| caption = Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 4596.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SB0^+(r){{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4596

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

| access-date=2018-03-15}}

| ra = {{RA|12|39|55.9}}

| dec = {{DEC|10|10|34}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|16.8|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| h_radial_v = 1892 km/s

| z = 0.006311

| appmag_v = 11.35

| size_v = 4.0 x 3.0

| constellation name = Virgo

| names = CGCG 70-206, MCG 2-32-170, PGC 42401, UGC 7828, VCC 1813

|size=~{{convert|17.08|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 4596 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4596&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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=2018-03-16}} in the constellation Virgo.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4596|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 4596|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-03-16}} NGC 4596 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc45a.htm#4596|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4550 - 4599|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-08}} NGC 4596 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.|bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=90|pages=1681–1759|doi=10.1086/113874|issn=0004-6256}}{{Cite journal|last1=Gerssen|first1=J.|last2=Kuijken|first2=K.|last3=Merrifield|first3=M. R.|date=1999-07-11|title=The pattern speed of the bar in NGC 4596|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|language=en|volume=306|issue=4|pages=926–930|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02627.x|issn=0035-8711|bibcode=1999MNRAS.306..926G|doi-access=free}} and has an inclination of about 38°.{{Cite journal|last=Kent|first=Stephen M.|date=1990-08-01|title=The bar in NGC 4596|bibcode=1990AJ....100..377K|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=100|pages=377–386|doi=10.1086/115521|issn=0004-6256|doi-access=free}}