NGC 579

NGC 579
NGC 579 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension01h 31m 46.5375s
Declination+33° 36′ 55.954″
Redshift0.016655±0.0000130
Heliocentric radial velocity4,993±4 km/s
Distance226.9 ± 15.9 Mly (69.57 ± 4.88 Mpc)
Group or clusterNGC 507 Group (LGG 26)
Apparent magnitude (V)13.9
Characteristics
TypeScd
Size~119,500 ly (36.65 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 1.0′
Other designations
IRAS 01289+3321, 2MASX J01314651+3336560, UGC 1089, MCG +05-04-064, PGC 5691, CGCG 502-103

NGC 579 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,717±20 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 226.9 ± 15.9 Mly (69.57 ± 4.88 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 22 November 1827.

NGC 579 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

NGC 507 group

NGC 579 is a member of the NGC 507 group (also known as LGG 26). This large group contains 42 galaxies, of which 21 are in the NGC catalogue, and 5 are in the IC catalogue.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 579:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results for object NGC 579". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 579". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Davies, R. I.; Hönig, S. F.; Ricci, C.; Rosario, D. J.; Salvato, M.; Shankar, F.; Stern, D. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (2): 1784. arXiv:2003.05959. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.494.1784A. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766.
  4. ↑ "NGC 579". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  5. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.
  6. ↑ "LGG 26". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Parisky, X.; Li, W. (2007). "Supernova 2007pk in NGC 579". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (1129): 1. Bibcode:2007CBET.1129....1P.
  8. ↑ "SN 2007pk". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 23 March 2026.

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