| NGC 1573 | |
|---|---|
 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 1573 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Right ascension | 04h 35m 03.975s[1] |
| Declination | +73° 15′ 44.66″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.014080[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4221 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 188.84 ± 15.59 Mly (57.900 ± 4.781 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.50[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.3[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −22.31[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Size | 112,200 ly (34,390 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.042′[2][note 1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 3077,MGC+12-05-008,PGC 15570[3] | |
NGC 1573 is anelliptical galaxy in the constellation ofCamelopardalis.[2] It was discovered on 1 August 1883 byWilhelm Tempel.[4] It was described as "very faint, small" byJohn Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of theNew General Catalogue.[4] It is located about 190 million light-years (58 megaparsecs) away.[2]
The galaxy PGC 16052 is not a NGC object, nor is it physically associated with NGC 1573, but is often called NGC 1573A. It is anintermediate spiral galaxy with anapparent magnitude of about 14.0.[4] In 2010, asupernova was discovered in PGC 16052 and was designated asSN 2010X.[5]
