NGC 5572
Galaxy NGC 5572 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 19 m 35.3 s |
declination | + 36 ° 08 ′ 26 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 170 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.024804 +/- 0.000055 |
Radial velocity | 7436 +/- 16 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(336 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (103.0 ± 7.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | May 13, 1883 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5572 • UGC 9173 • PGC 51196 • CGCG 191-079, 192-002 • MCG + 06-31-99 • IRAS 14174 + 3622 • KUG 1417 + 363 • Mrk 677b • |
NGC 5572 is a 14.3 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Bootes . It is estimated to be 336 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 13, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5572. SIMBAD, accessed March 15, 2016 .
- NGC 5572. DSO Browser, accessed March 15, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5572. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 15, 2016 (English).