NGC 4700

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

{{Sky|12|49|08.148|-|11|24|35.48}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 4700

| image = NGC 4700.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = The galaxy NGC 4700 bears the signs of the vigorous birth of many new stars.

| credit = ESA/Hubble & NASA

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Virgo{{cite news|title=A Galaxy Festooned with Stellar Nurseries|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1230a/|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week}}

| ra = {{RA|12|49|08.148}}{{cite web|title=Search results for NGC 4700|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+4700|work=Astronomical database|publisher=SIMBAD|access-date=23 July 2012}}

| dec = {{DEC|-11|24|35.48}}

| z = 0.00480

| h_radial_v = 1435 km/s

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = {{convert|9.013|+/-|6.658|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB(s)c{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+4700&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=NED results for object NGC 4700|access-date=15 February 2017|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center}}

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 14.32

| appmag_b = 12.7

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 3.09{{prime}} (major axis)

| notes =

| names = MGC-02-33-013, PGC 43330

}}

NGC 4700 is a spiral galaxy located about 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4700 was discovered in March 1786 by the British astronomer William Herschel who noted it as a "very faint nebula". It is a member of the NGC 4699 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.{{cite web | title=The Virgo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 }}

NGC 4700 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2012, showing an abundance of star-forming regions similar to the Orion Nebula.