NGC 1596
| Galaxy NGC 1596 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 27 m 38.1 s |
| declination | -55 ° 01 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Dorado Group, LGG 114 |
| Redshift | 0.005037 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1510 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.3 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1596 • PGC 15153 • ESO 157-G031 • 2MASX J04273810-5501401 • SGC 042632-5508.2 • GC 864 • h 2648 • Part of AM 0426-550, LDCE 0328 NED014 | |
NGC 1596 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Dorado (swordfish) in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 60 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 75,000 ly. Together with NGC 1602 , it forms a bound pair.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 5, 1834 .