NGC 4710 is an edge-on
lenticular galaxy in the northern
constellation of
Coma Berenices. It was discovered on March 21, 1784 by German-British astronomer
William Herschel.[7] This galaxy has a
B-band visual magnitude of 11.60 and an
angular size of 3.0′ × 0.8′.[3] It is located at a distance of 54.5 ± 3.6 million
light-years (16.7 ± 1.1
Mpc) from the
Milky Way,[4] and is receding with a heliocentric
radial velocity of 1,129 km/s.[3] This is a member of the
Virgo Cluster, with a projected offset of ~6° from the cluster center and a cluster crossing time of around two billion years.[8]
The
morphological classification of NGC 4710 is S0 or SA(r)0,[9] which indicates this is an unbarred
lenticular galaxy[8] (SA) with an inner ring structure (r). It is inclined at an angle of 86° to the
plane of the sky, with the major axis aligned along a
position angle of 207°.[10] NGC 4710 has a relatively high gas abundance with a dusty nucleus. The stellar velocity distribution is characteristic of galaxies with a small bulge. Like the
Milky Way, it has an X-shaped bulge which is a probable bar structure; hence it is likely a barred lenticular.[9][11] The star formation rate is 0.11±0.02
M☉·yr−1.[10] NGC 4710 possesses both thin and thick discs.[12]
Further reading
Gonzalez, Oscar A.; et al. (March 2017). "Peanut-shaped metallicity distributions in bulges of edge-on galaxies: the case of NGC 4710". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 466 (1): L93–L97.
arXiv:1611.09547.
Bibcode:
2017MNRAS.466L..93G.
doi:
10.1093/mnrasl/slw232.
Welch, G. A.; Mitchell, G. F. (June 1994). "A Study of Molecular Gas in the Center of the S0 Galaxy NGC 4710". The Astrophysical Journal. 427: 770.
Bibcode:
1994ApJ...427..770W.
doi:
10.1086/174183.
Sage, L. J. (November 1990). "The properties and origins of molecular gas in the lenticular galaxies NGC 404, 4710 and 5195". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 239: 125–136.
Bibcode:
1990A&A...239..125S.
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abWrobel, J. M.; Kenney, Jeffrey D. P. (November 1992). "Nuclear Molecular Gas in the Virgo Cluster S0 Galaxy NGC 4710". Astrophysical Journal. 399: 94.
Bibcode:
1992ApJ...399...94W.
doi:
10.1086/171905.
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abTopal, Selçuk; et al. (December 2016). "Molecular gas kinematics and line diagnostics in early-type galaxies: NGC 4710 and NGC 5866". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 463 (4): 4121–4152.
arXiv:1609.01506.
Bibcode:
2016MNRAS.463.4121T.
doi:
10.1093/mnras/stw2257.
^Bogdan, C. Ciambur; Graham, Alister W. (June 2016). "Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure in edge-on disc galaxies: length, strength, and nested peanuts". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (2): 1276–1292.
arXiv:1603.00019.
Bibcode:
2016MNRAS.459.1276C.
doi:
10.1093/mnras/stw759.
S2CID118991786.