| NGC 4452 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4452 byHubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 28.7m 00s[1] |
| Declination | +11° 45′ 00″ |
| Redshift | 0.000540[2] |
| Distance | 18.5 Mpc (60 Mly) |
| Group orcluster | Virgo |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.4 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.7' × 36" (35 kly (11 kpc) in diameter) |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 4452, 2MFGC 9831, VCC 1125, [CHM2007] LDC 904 J122843.62+1145261, ACSVCS 44, 2MFGC 9833, VPC 613, [CHM2007] HDC 720 J122843.62+1145261, LEDA 41060, UGC 7601, Z 1226.2+1202, MCG+02-32-080, UZC J122843.3+114519, Z 70–112 | |
NGC 4452 is an edge-onlenticular galaxy that is part of theVirgo Cluster. NGC 4452 is about 60 millionlight-years (18 Mpc) away from Earth and 35 kly (11 kpc) in diameter.[3] This galaxy was first seen byWilliam Herschel in 1784 with his 47 cm (19 in) telescope.
NGC 4452 is so thin that it is actually difficult to determine what type ofdisk galaxy it is. Its lack of a visibledust lane indicates that it is a low-dust lenticular galaxy, although it is still possible that a view from on top would reveal spiral structure. The unusual stellar line segment spans about 35,000 light-years from end to end.
Near NGC 4452's center is a slight bulge of stars, while hundreds of background galaxies are visible far in the distance. Galaxies that appear this thin are rare mostly because Earth must reside (nearly) in the extrapolated planes of their thin galactic disks. Galaxies that actually are this thin are relatively common; for example, theMilky Way Galaxy is thought to be about this thin.[4]
NGC 4452 appears to be very similar to galaxyIC 335, an edge-on galaxy inFornax Cluster, inconstellationFornax.
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