NGC 3590
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| Image taken with the MPG / ESO 2.2 m telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 12 m 59.0 s |
| declination | -60 ° 47 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | II1p |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.2 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ' |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 5400 ly (1651 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | February 4, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3590 • C 1110-605 • OCl 852 • Cr 242 • Lund 581 • ESO 129-SC14 • GC 2345 • h 3332 • | |
NGC 3590 is a galactic open star cluster in the constellation Carina that was discovered in 1835 by John Herschel using an 18.7-inch telescope . The age of NGC 3590 is estimated to be around 30 million years. It is only 5 ′, 8 and thus a few parsecs away from the open star cluster Hogg 12 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c SEDS : NGC 3590
- ↑ WEBDA page on NGC 3590
- ↑ Seligman
- ^ Piatti et al .: Hogg 12 and NGC 3590: A New Open Cluster Binary System Candidate , Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 122 (2010), bibcode : 2010PASP..122..516P