NGC 4216 with SN2024gy

NGC 4216 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 55 million light-years away. It was discovered by William Herschel on 17 April 1784.
Seen nearly edge-on, NGC 4216 is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster. The apparent magnitude is +11. NGC 4216 is considered an anemic galaxy by some authors, with a low star formation activity for a galaxy of its type. The galaxy's disk shows pillar-like structures that may have been caused by interactions with the intracluster medium of Virgo and/or with nearby galaxies.
In NGC 4216's halo, besides a rich system of globular clusters estimated to number around 700 (nearly five times more than the Milky Way), there are two stellar streams that are interpreted as two satellite galaxies being disrupted and absorbed by this galaxy are present.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4216: SN 2024gy (type Ia, mag. +16.3) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 4th January 2024.