NGC 590
| Galaxy NGC 590 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 33 m 40.9 s |
| declination | + 44 ° 55 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 13 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016732 |
| Radial velocity | 4974 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.1 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 590 • UGC 1109 • PGC 5808 • CGCG 537-013 • MCG + 07-04-03 • 2MASX J01334092 + 4455432 • GC 5185 • KCPG 37B • LDCE 0093 NED003 | |
NGC 590 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda , which is approximately 229 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on September 22, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 590. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 12, 2015 .