NGC 4571
| Galaxy NGC 4571 / IC 3588 |
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| Image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571 with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 36 m 56.4 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 13 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) d / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 3.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.001141 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 342 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(13 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (4.09 ± 0.29) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4571 • IC 3588 • UGC 7788 • PGC 42100 • CGCG 070-194 • MCG + 02-32-156 • IRAS 12344 + 1429 • 2MASX J12365637 + 1413024 • VCC 1696 • GC 3113 • H III 602 • h 1362 • LDCE 904 NED203 • LEDA 42100 | |
NGC 4571 = IC 3588 is a spiral-shaped dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 13 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 15,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1696 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
The galaxies NGC 4588 , IC 3521 , IC 3576 , IC 3591 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 14, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.
The discovery of a Cepheid with the help of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in 1994 made it possible to determine the distance and assign it to the Virgo galaxy cluster .
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