NGC 4774


NGC 4774, also known as the Kidney Bean Galaxy, is a ring galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8581 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 126.56 ± 8.87 Mpc. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 March 1787.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 4774:SN 2013he was discovered by the Italian Supernovae Search Project on 9 December 2013.SN 2021cjd was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 7 February 2021.