NGC 4707

{{Short description|Galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 4707

| image = NGC 4707 - HST - Potw1651a.tif

| image_size = 280px

| caption = NGC 4707, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Canes Venatici

| ra = {{RA|12|48|21.666}}{{cite journal|title=VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7|author1=Adelman-McCarthy, J. K.|display-authors=etal|journal=VizieR On-line Data Catalog|date=2009|bibcode=2009yCat.2294....0A}}

| dec = {{DEC|+51|09|53.81}}

| z = 0.001561

| h_radial_v = 468 km/s{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+4707&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 4707|access-date=20 February 2017|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center }}

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = {{convert|6.780|+/-|1.116|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = Sm/Im{{cite simbad|title=NGC 4707|access-date=20 February 2017}}

| size = {{convert|4930|pc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| appmag_v = 12.91

| appmag_b = 15.2

| absmag_v = -16.23

| size_v = 1.120{{prime}} × 1.045{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = UGC 7971, MCG+09-21-050, PGC 43255, DDO 150

}}

NGC 4707 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered by John Herschel on 5 June 1834,{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc47.htm#4707|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4700 - 4749|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|access-date=20 February 2017}} and described by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue, as a "small, stellar" galaxy.{{cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?NGC4707|title=NGC 4707 - SEDS|access-date=20 February 2017}}

NGC 4707 has a morphological type of Sm or Im, meaning that it is mostly irregular or has very weak spiral arms. The galaxy was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2016. The image showed the galaxy had little to no signs of a central bulge or any prominent structures (typical of Magellanic-type spirals). However, the telescope could resolve many stars, as well as several turquoise-colored star forming regions.{{cite web|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1651a/|title=Astro-pointillism | ESA/Hubble|website=www.spacetelescope.org|date=2016|access-date=20 February 2017}}