NGC 1578
| Galaxy NGC 1578 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 23 m 46.6 s |
| declination | -51 ° 35 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020608 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (6178 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1578 • PGC 15025 • ESO 202-014 • IRAS 04224-5142 • 2MASX J04234665-5135579 • | |
NGC 1578 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation swordfish on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 268 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 27, 1834 .