NGC 585 | |
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Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 31m 42.103s[1] |
Declination | −00° 55′ 58.46″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01812±0.00006[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,431.040930±18.886927[2] |
Distance | 246.8 ± 17.3 kly (75.66 ± 5.31 kpc)h−1 0.73[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sa[3] (edge on) |
Other designations | |
UGC 1092, PGC 5688 |
NGC 585 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 245 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. The object was discovered on December 20, 1827, by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel.[4][5]
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