NGC 572
| Galaxy NGC 572 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 28 m 36.4 s |
| declination | -39 ° 18 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'2L) SB (s) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030631 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 9183 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(407 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (124.9 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 572 • PGC 5508 • ESO 296-031 • MCG -07-04-09 • 2MASX J01283643-3918261 • SGC 12623-3933.9 • GC 336 • h 2415 • | |
NGC 572 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 407 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 4, 1834 .