Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4030
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Almost never imaged---NGC 4030, Geoff
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Almost never imaged---NGC 4030

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Almost never imaged---NGC 4030

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NGC 4030 is a grand design spiral galaxy in Virgo, lying about 64 million light years.In 2007, a supernova explosion was discovered in the galaxy from images taken on February 19 from the 1 m Swope telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Designated SN 2007aa, it was a type IIP supernova positioned 68″.5 north and 60″.8 east of the galactic nucleus. The progenitor was a red giant star with 8.5–16.5 times the mass of the Sun.

I was not able to find any amateur images of this galaxy, which is quite strange considering its size  (4 arc minutes) and brightness (mag 10.6). I would have expected that its location in Virgo would have made it a target for both northern and southern imagers.

This is the first time it has appeared on Astrobin

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Almost never imaged---NGC 4030, Geoff