NGC 584 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h31m 20.755s[1] |
Declination | −06° 52′ 05.02″[1] |
Redshift | 0.006011[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1802[2] |
Distance | 62.28 ± 10.84 Mly (19.094 ± 3.323 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.48 |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.44 |
Characteristics | |
Type | E4[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.983' × 1.850'[1] |
Other designations | |
IC 1712, MCG-01-04-060, PGC 5663[3] |
NGC 584 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered on 10 September 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.
It is about 20 megaparsecs (60 million light-years) distant.[4] NGC 584 belongs to the NGC 584 galaxy group, which also includes the galaxies NGC 596, NGC 600, NGC 615 and NGC 636.[5]