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NGC4572

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:35:45.5
Declination: +74:14:46
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1797
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, S
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4572 = CGCG 352-037 is a galaxy northwest of NGC 4589.  It was seen by 
both WH and JH, but Bigourdan's observation under "NGC 4572" actually refers 
to a star a few arcmin southeast of the galaxy.

The galaxy has also been taken by some to be identical to IC 802 (which see).
But Bigourdan found that (also a star) the same night as his observation of
"NGC 4572", and his precise measurements of both show that they cannot be the 
same.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4572

18" (5/8/04): faint, moderately large, appears as a very low surface brightness glow oriented NNW-SSE, ~1.2'x0.8', with just a weak concentration.  Located 7.5' NW of brighter NGC 4589.  This galaxy has an unusual "integral sign" shape on the DSS.