NGC 4734 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7835 ± 23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 115.56 ± 8.10 Mpc (~377 million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 7 April 1828.
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 4734 as a LINER-type active galaxy nucleus, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.
Supernova One supernova has been observed in NGC 4734: SN 2024gvc (Type Ic, mag. 19.7178) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 17 April 2024.
See also List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
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