NGC 72

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

{{infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 72

| image = N70s-crop.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = NGC 72, located directly above NGC 71 and below NGC 71 is spiral galaxy NGC 70 (right) and NGC 68 (left)

| epoch = J2000.0

| type = Sb{{cite simbad|title=NGC 72|access-date=14 March 2015}} Sbc{{cite web|title=NGC 72 >> Deep Sky Object Browser|url=http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/72|website=Deep Sky Objects Browser|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094748/http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/72|url-status=dead}} SA(rs)c{{cite web|last1=Seligman|first1=Courtney|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#72|website=cseligman.com|access-date=14 March 2015}}

| constellation name = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|00|18|28.4}}

| dec = {{RA|+30|02|26.5}}

| h_radial_v = 7259 km/s{{cite web|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NGC 72|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+72&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|website=NED|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=14 March 2015}}

| z = 0.024213

| size_v = ~1.3'x1.0'{{cite web|title=WIKISKY - NGC 72|url=http://server3.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=13443|website=wikisky|publisher=SKY-MAP.org|access-date=23 November 2014}}

| appmag_v = 13.5

| dist_ly = 320-325 Mly{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Ned|title=Ned Wright's Javascript Cosmology Calculator|url=http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html|website=astro.ucla.edu|publisher=UCLA|access-date=23 November 2014}}

| size = 180,000

| names = UGC 176, ARP 113, VV 166d, MCG +05-01-069, 2MASX J00182837+3002265, 2MASXi J00182837+3002265, PGC 001204

}}

NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5.{{Cite web|url = http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#72|title = NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99}}