NGC 4076 is a spiral galaxy located about 314 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.
NGC 4076 is classified as a LINER galaxy.
Supernovae
NGC 4076 has been host to two supernovae.
- SN 2007M (Type Ia, mag. 19.2) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on January 14, 2007. It was also seen in a precovery image taken on December 24, 2006.
- SN 2011bc (Type Ia, mag. 17.3) was discovered by Ron Arbour and N. Kojima on April 1, 2011.
