NGC 1578


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 was discovered by Stuart Parker as part of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search on 2 November 2013.SN 2014cd was discovered by Stuart Parker as part of the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search on 9 August 2014.SN 2025absv was discovered by ATLAS on 23 October 2025.