NGC 1587
Galaxy NGC 1587 |
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NGC 1588 & NGC 1587 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | bull |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 30 m 39.9 s |
declination | + 00 ° 39 ′ 42 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
Position angle | 70 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1587 group NGC 1588 group NGC 1589 group LGG 117 |
Redshift | 0.012322 ± 0.000040 |
Radial velocity | 3694 ± 12 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.8 ± 3.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | December 19, 1783 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1587 • UGC 3063 • PGC 15332 • CGCG 393-028 • MCG + 00-12-035 • 2MASX J04303992 + 0039421 • GC 858 • H II 8 • h 316 • GALEX ASC J043039.95 + 003943.8 • LDCE 311 NED003 • KPG 99A • HOLM 76A |
NGC 1587 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 162 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across . Together with NGC 1588 , it forms the isolated and interacting galaxy pair KPG 99 or Holm 76 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1586 , NGC 1589 , NGC 1593 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 19, 1783 .
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