NGC 1588
| Galaxy NGC 1588 |
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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 43.8 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 39 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1587 group NGC 1588 group NGC 1589 group LGG 117 |
| Redshift | 0.011701 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3508 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.2 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1783 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1588 • UGC 3064 • PGC 15340 • CGCG 393-029 • MCG + 00-12-037 • Mrk 616 • GC 859 • H II 9 • h 317 • GALEX ASC J043043.69 + 003950.8 • KPG 99B • HOLM 76B | |
NGC 1588 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 154 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter . Together with NGC 1587 , 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 .