NGC 4072
| Galaxy NGC 4072 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 04 m 13.8 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 12 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021752 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 6521 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.8 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ralph Copeland |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1872 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4072 • PGC 38176 • CGCG 098-045 / 128-010 • 2MASX J12041380 + 2012351 • | |
NGC 4072 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike. It is estimated to be 290 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 3, 1872 .