NGC 1598
| Galaxy NGC 1598 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 04 h 28 m 33.7 s |
| declination | -47 ° 46 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) c / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 °
250- G 017 |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017118 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5132 +/- 5 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.0 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1598 • PGC 15204 • ESO 202-G026 • IRAS 04271-4753 • 2MASX J04283365-4746574 • SGC 042708-4753.4 • LDCE 0303 NED005 | |
NGC 1598 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Gravestones in the southern sky . It is an estimated 222 million light years away from Earth and has a disk diameter of around 95,000 ly. The galaxies PGC 15172 and NGC 1595 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 3, 1837 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1598 - Collection of Images
