NGC 4589 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Draco constellation.[4][5][6] It is at a distance of about 108 million light-years away from the Earth. It is known by its designations PGC 42139 or UGC 7797.[2]
NGC 4589 | |
---|---|
![]() NGC 4589 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Draco |
Right ascension | 12h 37m 25.0s[1] |
Declination | +74° 11′ 30″[1] |
Redshift | 0.006511[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 1946 km/s[2] |
Distance | 73.0 Mly (22.39 Mpc)[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 3.47 × 2.75[3] |
Other designations | |
IRAS F12353+7428, UGC 7797, LEDA 42139[2] |
In the center of NGC 4589 lies a supermassive black hole. The galaxy hosted a supernova called 2005cz. NGC 4589 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on November 22, 1797.
New General Catalogue 4500 to 4999 | |
---|---|
| |
Constellation of Draco | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
Stars |
| ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Galaxies |
| ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
![]() |
![]() | This elliptical galaxy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |