NGC 4572
| Galaxy NGC 4572 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 35 m 45.3 s |
| declination | + 74 ° 14 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007355 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 2205 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(105 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (32.1 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 10, 1797 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4572 • UGC 7775 • PGC 41991 • CGCG 352-037 • MCG + 12-12-012 • IRAS F12337 + 7431 • 2MASX J12354538 + 7414334 • GC 3112 • H III 939 • h 1364 • LDCE 902 NED008 • LEDA 41991 | |
NGC 4572 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky. It is estimated to be 105 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 4589 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 10, 1797 .