NGC 1566

spiral galaxy in the constellation Doradus

Thing seyfert_1_galaxy Q506417

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: Seyfert 1 galaxy, spiral galaxy^[3]
Part of: Wikidata item, [CHM2007] LDC 328, [T2015] nest 200054, [TSK2008] 933^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Apparent magnitude: 6.89 (6.89–15, n=9)
Catalog code: NGC 1566, PGC 14897, 2MASX J04200041-5456161, ESO 157-20, IRAS F04188-5503, IRAS 04189-5503, ESO-LV 157-0200, 1ES 0418-55.0, HIPASS J0419-54, RBS 534, SGC 041853-5503.4, 1RXS J042000.5-545617, PSCz Q04189-5503, LEDA 14897, FAUST 547, PKS 0418-550, RX J0420.0-5456, [DML87] 604, [HB91] 0418-550, [SLK2004] 420, [VDD93] 38, PBC J0419.7-5456, PKS J0420-5455, SUMSS J042001-545613, Gaia DR2 4779165759875235200^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Constellation: Dorado^[4]
Declination: -54.93793836226130 degree
Declination component of proper motion: -2.109 milliarcsecond per year
Discoverer or inventor: James Dunlop^[2]
Distance from Earth: 6.61 megaparsec, 6.61 megaparsec
Epoch: J2000.0
Galaxy morphological type: SAB(s)bc, SABbc^[5]^[6]
Has part(s): SN 2010el^[11]
Imported from: wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Parallax: 1.1123 milliarcsecond
Radial velocity: 1,504 kilometre per second
Redshift: 0.004990, 0.0043
Right ascension: 65.00167500377300 degree
Right ascension component of proper motion: -3.855 milliarcsecond per year
Time of discovery or invention: May 28, 1826

🏷️ Also known as

en New General Catalogue 1566 en NGC 1569 ar NGC ١٥٦٦ fa ان‌جی‌سی ۱۵۶۶ it ESO 157-G020, h 2635, GC 844, IRAS 04189-5503, PGC 14897, LGG 114-003

🔖 Identifiers · 7

Image (Wikimedia Commons): NGC1566 - Noirlab2208a.jpg ↗
Freebase ID: /m/02qbzkb
Gaia ID: 4779165759875235200
New General Catalogue ID: 1566
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID: 14897
SIMBAD ID: NGC 1566
Topic's main category: Category:NGC 1566

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Summary

NGC 1566 is a Seyfert 1 galaxy^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ NGC 1566 — instance of (P31): spiral galaxy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ NGC 1566 — constellation (P59): Dorado. VizieR. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ NGC 1566 — discoverer or inventor (P61): James Dunlop. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ NGC 1566 — galaxy morphological type (P223): SAB(s)bc. NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2014-11-29. ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ NGC 1566 — galaxy morphological type (P223): SABbc. Star formation properties in barred galaxies. III. Statistical study of bar-driven secular evolution using a sample of nearby barred spirals. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ NGC 1566 — part of (P361): Q67622999. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ NGC 1566 — part of (P361): [CHM2007] LDC 328. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ NGC 1566 — part of (P361): [T2015] nest 200054. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ NGC 1566 — part of (P361): [TSK2008] 933. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ NGC 1566 — has part(s) (P527): SN 2010el. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): NGC 1566. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): PGC 14897. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): 2MASX J04200041-5456161. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): ESO 157-20. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): IRAS F04188-5503. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): IRAS 04189-5503. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): ESO-LV 157-0200. SIMBAD. Retrieved 2014-11-29. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): 1ES 0418-55.0. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): HIPASS J0419-54. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): RBS 534. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): SGC 041853-5503.4. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): 1RXS J042000.5-545617. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ NGC 1566 — catalog code (P528): PSCz Q04189-5503. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ NGC 1566 is an instance of Seyfert 1 galaxy (Q71965429) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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