NGC 4573
| Galaxy NGC 4573 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 37 m 43.8 s |
| declination | -43 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1R'_2) SB (rl) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.009940 ± 0.000187 |
| Radial velocity | 2980 ± 56 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.3 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4573 • PGC 42167 • ESO 268-G026 • MCG -07-26-014 • 2MASX J12374380-4337163 • GC 3114 • h 3401 • LDCE 0916 NED037 | |
NGC 4573 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 125 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope.