NGC 1583
Galaxy NGC 1583 |
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NGC 1583 with LEDA 15183 (ru) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 28 m 20.726 s |
declination | -17 ° 35 ′ 43.60 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA0- |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029183 ± 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 8749 ± 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(386 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.3 ± 8.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
Discovery date | October 17, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1583 • PGC 15191 • PGC 15193 • ESO 551-008 • MCG -03-12-010 • 2MASX J04282071-1735434 • SGC 042606-1742.3 • LDCE 304 NED003 • WISEA J042820.75-173543.5 |
NGC 1583 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 386 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter . Gravitational binding with NGC 1584 is possible .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on October 17, 1885 .