NGC 1593
| Galaxy NGC 1593 / NGC 1608 / IC 2077 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 32 m 06.1 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 34 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012582 +/- 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | 3772 +/- 55 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(166 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.8 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1593/1608 • IC 2077 • UGC 3082 • PGC 15447 • CGCG 393-037 • MCG + 00-12-044 • 2MASX J04320614 + 0034028 • UGC 03082 | |
NGC 1593 = NGC 1608 = IC 2077 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 166 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1586 , NGC 1587 , NGC 1588 , NGC 1589 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on November 7, 1863 .
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