NGC 4672
| Galaxy NGC 4672 |
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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 46 m 15.7 s |
| declination | -41 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 47 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.010681 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 3202 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(135 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (41.4 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4672 • PGC 43073 • ESO 322-073 • MCG -07-26-041 • IRAS 12435-4125 • 2MASX J12461573-4142214 • SGC 124330-4126.0 • GC 3203 • h 3416 • GALEX ASC J124615.77-414219.8 • LDCE 916 NED064 | |
NGC 4672 is a 13.1 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "Sa" in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 135 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4645 , NGC 4677 , NGC 4683 , NGC 4696 .
The object was discovered on June 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S, R, vgbM".