Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4570 (Galaxy in Virgo)


Date & Time: Apr 25 2025, from 24:31 to 25:13 JST(+0900)
Composed 5 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC4570 / Galaxy, type S0 sp
R.A.12h 36m 53.3s (2000.0)
Dec.+07°14' 52" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.7×1.6'
Radial Velocity+1730km/s
Magnitude11.8
Distance57.3 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesVirgo Cluster
Other IDsUGC 7785, CGCG 42-178
MCG +1-32-114, PGC 42096
NGC 4570 is a lenticular galaxy located near the southern edge of the Virgo Cluster. It can be found 7.2 degrees southwest of ε Virginis. This galaxy appears as an edge-on type with a major axis of just under 6 arcminutes, showing no clear spiral structure. Its distance from the Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to be approximately 57 million light-years.



NGC4567, NGC4568
NGC4592

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