NGC 594
| Galaxy NGC 594 |
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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 56.9 s |
| declination | -16 ° 32 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018056 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 5413 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.2 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Preserved Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 594 • PGC 5769 • MCG -03-05-05 • IRAS 01305-1647 • 2MASX J01325691-1632097 • SGC 013031-1647.3 • HIPASS J0132-16 | |
NGC 594 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation whale which is about 242 million light-years of the Milky Way is removed. It was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 594. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 12, 2015 .