NGC 4252 is a spiral galaxy approximately 56 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. It belongs to the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on May 26, 1864.
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4252
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- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12h 18m 30.89s
- Declination
- +05° 33′ 34.10″
- Redshift
- 0.002879
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 863 ± 10 km/s
- Distance
- 56 Mly
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 14.10
- Apparent magnitude (B)
- 14.90
- Type
- Sc(f)
- Apparent size (V)
- 1.6 x 0.4
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