NGC 579 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. 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 22 November 1827.
NGC 579 has a possible active galactic nucleus, 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.
NGC 507 group NGC 579 is a member of the NGC 507 group (also known as LGG 26). This large group contains 42 galaxies, of which 21 are in the NGC catalogue, and 5 are in the IC catalogue.
Supernova One supernova has been observed in NGC 579: SN 2007pk (TypeIIn, mag. 17.0) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 10 November 2007.
See also List of NGC objects (1–1000)
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