NGC 1599
| Galaxy NGC 1599 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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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 |
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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 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 1599 - Collection of Images
