NGC 4568
Butterfly Galaxies
NGC 4568 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 4568:
| NGC: | NGC 4568 |
| Common name: | Butterfly Galaxies |
| Type: | galaxy |
| Galaxy type: | spiral |
| Galaxy morph class: | Sbc |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Surface brightness: | 22.8 mag/arcsec2 |
| V-mag (visual): | 10.8 |
| B-mag (blue): | 11.6 |
| J-mag (IR): | 8.52 |
| H-mag (IR): | |
| K-mag (IR): | 7.82 |
| Right Ascension: | 12:36:34.26 |
| Declination: | 11:14:20.00 |
| Major axis: | 4.31 ' |
| Minor axis: | 1.87 ' |
| Angle (major axis): | 29° |
| Radial velocity: | 2222 km/s |
| Redshift: | 0.00744 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS