IC 572
| Galaxy IC 572 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 52 m 32.8 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 49 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028403 ± 0.000237 |
| Radial velocity | 8515 ± 71 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.3 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 16, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 572 • PGC 28456 • CGCG 092-064 • MCG + 03-25-036 • 2MASX J09523282 + 1549366 • GALEX ASC J095232.80 + 154936.9 • LDCE 681 NED003 | |
IC 572 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 376 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3041 , IC 568 , IC 570 , IC 571 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 16, 1893 .