NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate amateur telescopes at 13th magnitude. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/23/88): fairly faint, edge-on 6:1 exactly N-S, 4'x0.7', fairly large, weak concentration. A mag 12 star lies 2.9' SE of center. NGC 4216 lies 10' NE and NGC 4222 is 23' NE. First of three edge-ons in a low power field!