NGC 4666 is a spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo, located at a distance of approximately 55 megalight-years from the Milky Way. [3] It was discovered by the German-born astronomer William Herschel on February 22, 1784.

2021年10月15日 · NGC 4666’s burst of star formation is driving an unusual form of extreme galactic weather known as a superwind – a gigantic transfer of gas from the bright central heart of the galaxy out into space.

2021年10月11日 · NGC 4666 takes centre stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This majestic spiral galaxy lies about 80 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, and is undergoing a particularly intense episode of star formation.

2010年9月1日 · NGC 4666 is a remarkable galaxy with very vigorous star formation and an unusual “superwind” of out-flowing gas. It had previously been observed in X-rays by the ESA XMM-Newton space telescope, and the image presented here was taken to allow further study of other objects detected in the earlier X-ray observations.

2025年3月6日 · NGC 4666 is a starburst spiral galaxy (SABc) seen near edge-on, located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It has an apparent size of 4.2′ × 1.3′ and spans roughly 75,000 light-years across. This galaxy is undergoing an unusually high rate of star formation, classifying it as a starburst galaxy.

NGC 4666 is known as the ``superwind galaxy" (Persic et al. 2004; Walter, Dahlem, and Lisenfeld 2004), owing to the detection of significant gaseous outflow. These detailed studies have indicated that NGC 4666 is an AGN/starburst galaxy that is suffering a gravitational interaction with nearby NGC 4668 .

NGC 4666 is a remarkable galaxy with very vigorous star formation and an unusual "superwind" of out-flowing gas. It had previously been observed in X-rays by the ESA XMM-Newton space telescope, and the image presented here was taken to allow further study of other objects detected in the earlier X-ray observations.

We present high-resolution observations of the atomic and molecular gas phase of the ``superwind'' galaxy NGC 4666. Deep Very Large Array (VLA) H I observations of NGC 4666 and its surroundings reveal the presence of prominent tidal arms, which provide clear evidence that the galaxy is interacting with its neighbor NGC 4668 and a newly ...

NGC 4666 galaxia espiral bat da, Virgo konstelazioan [1]. William Herschelek aurkitu zuen 1784ko otsailaren 22an [2].

NGC 4666 (također poznat kao MCG 0-33-8, PGC 42975 i UGC 7926) je prečkasta spiralna galaksija koja je udaljena oko 70 miliona sg od Zemlje i nalazi se u sazviježđu Djevica.