NGC 579
| Galaxy NGC 579 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 31 m 46.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 36 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 26 |
| Redshift | 0.016655 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (4993 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.3 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 579 • UGC 1089 • PGC 5691 • MCG + 05-04-064 • IRAS 01289 + 3321 • 2MASX J01314651 + 3336560 • LEDA 5691 • LDCE 74 NED087 | |
NGC 579 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation triangle at the northern sky . It is an estimated 229 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 100,000 light years in diameter . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 582 and NGC 608 .
The Type-IIn (pec) supernova SN 2007pk was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 22nd, 1827 .
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