Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Distance
- 4,598 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.012716253017128754
- Morphology
- Sab
- Coordinates
- RA 67.6893° · Dec 0.8637°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Right ascension
- 04 30 45.4410
- Declination
- +00 ° 51 ′ 49.102 ″
- Redshift
- 0.012 662 ± 0.000 0240
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3,796 ± 7 km/s
- Distance
- 154.38 ± 1.90 Mly (47.333 ± 0.584 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 1589 group (LGG 117)
- Type
- Sab
- Size
- ~166,100 ly (50.94 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 3.2′ × 1.0′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1589 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Taurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,729±9 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 179.4 ± 12.6 Mly (55.00 ± 3.85 Mpc). However, three non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 154.38 ± 1.90 Mly (47.333 ± 0.584 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 19 December 1783.
NGC 1589 group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1589” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.