NGC 1587
| Galaxy NGC 1587 |
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![NGC 1588 & NGC 1587 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1587_NGC1588_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 1588 & NGC 1587 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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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 |
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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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