NGC 1594

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Galaxy
NGC 1594
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NGC 1594 [1] SDSS
NGC 1594 SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 30 m 51.592 s
declination -05 ° 47 ′ 53.82 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) bc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 1600 group  
Redshift 0.014437 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4328 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(190 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(58.2 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis A. Swift.
Discovery date October 22, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  1594 • IC  2075 • PGC  15348 • IRAS  04284-0554 • 2MASX  J04305162-0547539 • HIPASS J0430-05 • LDCE 312 NED009

NGC 1594 = IC 2075 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 190 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1603 , NGC 1604 , IC 2080 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 22, 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1594  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1594
  4. Seligman