NGC 4672
Galaxy NGC 4672 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | centaur |
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 |
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".