View source for Astronomy:NGC 1573

{{Short description|Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 1573
| image = [[File:NGC 1573 PanS.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Astronomy:Pan-STARRS|Pan-STARRS]] image of NGC 1573
| epoch = [[Astronomy:J2000|J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Astronomy:Camelopardalis|Camelopardalis]]
| ra = {{RA|04|35|03.975}}<ref name=2MASS>{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+73|15|44.66}}<ref name=2MASS/>
| z = 0.014080<ref name=ned>{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1573&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 1573|publisher=[[Organization:National Aeronautics and Space Administration|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref>
| h_radial_v = 4221 km/s<ref name=ned/>
| dist_ly = {{cvt|57.900|±|4.781|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/>
| group_cluster = 
| type = E<ref name=ned/>
| size = {{cvt|34390|pc|ly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/><ref group=note name=A/>
| appmag_v = 11.50<ref name=ned/>
| appmag_b = 13.3<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 1573|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref>
| absmag_v = &minus;22.31<ref name=ned/>
| size_v = 2.042{{prime}}<ref name=ned/><ref group=note name=A>RC3 D<sub>0</sub> (blue) values used.</ref>
| notes = 
| names = [[Astronomy:Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 3077, [[Astronomy:Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MGC]]+12-05-008, [[Astronomy:Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 15570<ref name=SIMBAD/>
}}
'''NGC 1573''' is an [[Astronomy:Elliptical galaxy|elliptical galaxy]] in the constellation of [[Astronomy:Camelopardalis|Camelopardalis]].<ref name=ned/> It was discovered on 1 August 1883 by [[Biography:Wilhelm Tempel|Wilhelm Tempel]].<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1550 - 1599|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc15a.htm#1573|website=cseligman.com|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref> It was described as "very faint, small" by [[Biography:John Louis Emil Dreyer|John Louis Emil Dreyer]], the compiler of the [[Astronomy:New General Catalogue|New General Catalogue]].<ref name=cseligman/> It is located about 190 million light-years (58 megaparsecs) away.<ref name=ned/>

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 an [[Astronomy:Intermediate spiral galaxy|intermediate spiral galaxy]] with an [[Astronomy:Apparent magnitude|apparent magnitude]] of about 14.0.<ref name=cseligman/> In 2010, a [[Astronomy:Supernova|supernova]] was discovered in PGC 16052 and was designated as '''SN 2010X'''.<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=2010CBET.2166....1R|title=Supernova 2010X in NGC 1573A|last1=Rich|first1=D.|last2=Burke|first2=P.|date=2010|journal=Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams|volume=2166|pages=1|number=2166}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 1573}}
[[Category:Elliptical galaxies]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1573]]
[[Category:UGC objects|03077]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|015570]]

{{Sourceattribution|NGC 1573}}