NGC 4272
| Galaxy NGC 4272 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 4272 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 20 m 47.5 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 05 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028193 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 8452 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4272 • UGC 7378 • PGC 39715 • CGCG 158-072 • MCG + 05-29-059 • 2MASX J12194763 + 3020211 • GC 2850 • H III 299 • h 1182 • | |
NGC 4272 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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