NGC 4277 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1786.
NGC 4277 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.
Virgo cluster NGC 4277 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Supernova One Supernova has been observed in NGC 4277: SN 2020ftl (TypeIa, mag. 18.5) was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey and Mirco Villi on 2 April 2020.
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See also List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
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