NGC 4576
| Galaxy NGC 4576 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 37 m 33.5 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 22 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.8' |
| Position angle | 159 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.017892 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5364 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(236 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward S. Holden |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4576 • UGC 7792 • PGC 42152 • CGCG 042-182 • MCG + 01-32-116 • IRAS F12350 + 0438 • 2MASX J12373357 + 0422034 • VCC 1721 • GALEX ASC J123733.58 + 042204.1 • SIG 667 | |
NGC 4576 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 236 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1721 , but it is too far away for that.
The galaxies NGC 4580 and NGC 4586 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 27, 1881 by Edward Singleton Holden .