NGC 2572
| Galaxy NGC 2572 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 21 m 24.6 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026628 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 7983 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.1 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2572 • UGC 4355 • PGC 23441 • CGCG 089-007 • MCG + 03-22-004 • 2MASX J08212460 + 1908515 • GALEX ASC J082124.63 + 190849.8 • LDCE 572 NED001 | |
NGC 2572 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 353 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2307 , IC 2308 and IC 2329 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on February 2, 1877 .