NGC 4680 is a spiral/lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

[2] It is estimated to be 106 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.

[citation needed] NGC 4680 was discovered on May 27, 1835, by John Herschel using an 18-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "eF, S, has one or two small stars entangled in it".

SN 1997bp (type Ia, mag.

13.8) was discovered by Robert Evans on 6 April 1997.