NGC 1578 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Dorado. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 27 December 1834.
NGC 1578 is an active galactic nucleus candidate, 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.
Supernovae Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1578: SN 2013fz (TypeIa, mag. 15.1) was discovered by Stuart Parker as part of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS) on 2 November 2013. SN 2014 cd (Type Ia, mag. 15.9) was discovered by Stuart Parker as part of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS) on 9 August 2014. SN 2025absv (TypeII-P, mag. 18.816) was discovered by ATLAS on 23 October 2025.
See also List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
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