NGC 589
| Galaxy NGC 589 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 32 m 39.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 02 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017639 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 5288 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.7 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 589 • PGC 5758 • MCG -02-05-004 • 2MASX J01323992-1202340 • Mrk 999 • GALEX ASC J013239.97-120234.4 • NPM1G -12.0063 • LDCE 94 NED003 | |
NGC 589 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 237 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 593 , NGC 599 , NGC 601 , IC 128 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 589. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 12, 2015 .