NGC 6589

{{Short description|Reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius}}

{{Infobox nebula

| image =File:N6590s.jpg

| caption = NGC 6589 is the rightmost blue nebula in this image. Also in this image is NGC 6590 (left) and IC 1284 (above)

| constellation = Sagittarius

| name = NGC 6589

| type = Reflection

| epoch = J2000.0

| ra = {{RA|18|16|55.4}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6589

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=ngc%206589&hconst=73&img_stamp=YES&list_limit=5&of=pre_text&out_equinox=J2000.0&corr_z=1&omegav=0.73&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude

| access-date=December 21, 2016

| archive-date=December 22, 2016

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222083435/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=ngc

| url-status=dead

}}

| dec = {{DEC|-19|46|38}}

| dist_ly =

| dist_pc =

| appmag_v =

| size_v = 5.0' × 3.0'{{cite web

| title=New General Catalog Objects 6550 - 6599

| work=Cseligman

| url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc65a.htm#6589

| access-date=December 21, 2016}}

| radius_ly =

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| notes =

| names = IC 4690, IRAS 18138-1954, DG 149, LBN 011.53-01.63, Ced 157a{{cite web

| title=NGC 6589

| work=Simbad

| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6589&submit=SIMBAD+search

| access-date=December 21, 2016}}

}}

NGC 6589 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Sagittarius, and it was discovered by Truman Safford on August 28, 1867. In August 1905, Edward Barnard listed it as IC 4690.

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