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NGC 1559

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Right ascension: 04h 17m 35.75s
Declination: −62° 47′ 01.3″
Galactic l, b: 274.51, -41.2
Magnitude V: 10.45
Parallax: 0.1825 mas
Redshift z: 0.0043357
Radial velocity: 1,297 km/s
Proper motion: -0.163, -2.208 mas/yr
Angular size: 4.733′ × 2.477′

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
SN 1984J	Supernova	5.047″	13.2
SN 2009ib	Supernova	36.4″	—
SN 1986L	Supernova	43.65″	13.3
SN 2005df	Supernova	53.72″	13.8
UCAC4 136-003968	HighPM*	240.8″	—
UCAC4 137-003797	Star	259.5″	13.3
OGLE LMC720.21.000128	RRLyrae	375.8″	19.31
Gaia DR3 4676483708986431232	WhiteDwarf	469.2″	—
UCAC4 137-003825	Star	535.3″	13.76

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-1559 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.