NGC 1599
Galaxy NGC 1599 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 31 m 38.7 s |
declination | -04 ° 35 ′ 18 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) c |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 174 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.013523 +/- 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | 4054 +/- 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(178 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.5 ± 3.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | December 14, 1881 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1599 • PGC 15403 • MCG -01-12-016 • IRAS 04292-0441 • 2MASX J04313873-0435179 • GALEX ASC J043138.73-043519.1 |
NGC 1599 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 178 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1607 , NGC 1609 , NGC 1606 , IC 373 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type-IIn supernova SN 2005aq was observed here.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on December 14, 1881 .
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