NGC 1590 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Taurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3826 ± 8 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 56.43 ± 3.95 Mpc (∼184 million light-years).[1] It was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on 28 October 1865.[2]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 1590: SN 2007rz (type Ic, mag 16.9).[3]
NGC 1590 is part of the NGC 1762 Group (also known as LGG 120) that includes at least 27 galaxies, including IC 392, NGC 1633, NGC 1642, NGC 1691, NGC 1713, NGC 1719, and NGC 1762, among others.[4]