NGC 4612

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4612

| image = SDSS NGC 4612.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4612.

| epoch = J2000

| type = (R)SAB0^0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4612

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-09-10}}

| ra = {{RA|12|41|32.7}}

| dec = {{DEC|07|18|54}}

| dist_ly = 57,166,550 ly

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| z = 0.005921/1775 km/s

| appmag_v = 12.3

| size_v = 2.17 x 1.38

| constellation name = Virgo

| names = PGC 42574, UGC 7850, VCC 1883

|size=~40,840.24 ly (estimated)}}

NGC 4612 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 57 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4612&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-11}} in the constellation of Virgo.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5673/ngc-4612/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4612 - Barred Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-date=2017-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072555/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5673/ngc-4612/galaxy|url-status=dead}} NGC 4612 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 23, 1784.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc46.htm#4612|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4600 - 4649|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-03}} The galaxy is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4612|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-11}}