NGC 1580
| Galaxy NGC 1580 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 28 m 18.5 s |
| declination | -05 ° 10 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1600 group |
| Redshift | 0.014233 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 4267 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.4 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1580 • PGC 15189 • MCG -01-12-011 • IRAS 04258-0517 • 2MASX J04281848-0510436 • LDCE 312 NED003 • LEDA 15189 | |
NGC 1580 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 187 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1600 , NGC 1601 , IC 372 , IC 373 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on January 18, 1877 .
Web links
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