NGC 4700 [SEP] constellation
NGC 4700
NGC 4700 is a spiral galaxy located about 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4700 was discovered in March 1786 by the British astronomer William Herschel who noted it as a "very faint nebula".
NGC 4700 was imaged by Hubble in 2012, showing an abundance of star-forming regions similar to the Orion Nebula.
NGC 708
NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 21, 1786. It is classified as a cD galaxy and is the brightest member of Abell 262. NGC 708 is a weak FR I radio galaxy and is also classified as a type 2 seyfert galaxy.
NGC 708 is surrounded by 4700 globular clusters.
Dust lane.
Discovered in 1979 by Kotanyi et al., NGC 708 has a thin dust lane