NGC 4072

NGC 4072 is a lenticular galaxy located 300 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Ralph Copeland on April 3, 1872[4] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.[5][6][7][8][9]

NGC 4072
SDSS image of NGC 4072
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 04m 13.8s[1]
Declination20° 12′ 35″[1]
Redshift0.021752[1]
Helio radial velocity6521 km/s[1]
Distance304 Mly (93.3 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)15.6[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Size~59,000 ly (18 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.5 x 0.2[1]
Other designations
PGC 038176[1]

NGC 4072 is classified as a LINER galaxy.[10]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4072. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4072". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256.
  7. Doe, Stephen M.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Burns, Jack O.; White, Richard A. (1995-07-01). "ROSAT Observations of Five Poor Galaxy Clusters with Extended Radio Sources". The Astronomical Journal. 110: 46. Bibcode:1995AJ....110...46D. doi:10.1086/117496. ISSN 0004-6256.
  8. White, Richard A.; Bliton, Mark; Bhavsar, Suketu P.; Bornmann, Patricia; Burns, Jack O.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Loken, Christen (1999-11-01). "A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (5): 2014–2037. arXiv:astro-ph/9907283. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256.
  9. Helsdon, Stephen F.; Ponman, Trevor J.; O'Sullivan, Ewan; Forbes, Duncan A. (2001-08-01). "X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 325 (2): 693–706. arXiv:astro-ph/0103293. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.325..693H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04490.x. ISSN 0035-8711.
  10. "NGC 4072". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  • Media related to NGC 4072 at Wikimedia Commons


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