NGC 5472
| Galaxy NGC 5472 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 06 m 55.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 27 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) from? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 374 |
| Redshift | 0.009707 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 2910 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.2 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5472 • PGC 50345 • MCG -01-36-08 • IRAS 14042-0513 • GC 3781 • LDCE 1026 NED006 | |
NGC 5472 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo and about 44 million parsecs from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 19, 1855 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5472. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5472. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5472. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).