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Galaxy in the constellation Cetus

NGC 584

NGC 584
All data from the card 10
Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01h 31m 20.755s
Declination
−06° 52′ 05.02″
Redshift
0.006011
Heliocentric radial velocity
1802
Distance
62.28 ± 10.84 Mly (19.094 ± 3.323 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)
10.5
Apparent magnitude (B)
11.44
Type
E4
Apparent size (V)
2.983' × 1.850'

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. NGC 584 belongs to the NGC 584 galaxy group, which also includes the galaxies NGC 596, NGC 600, NGC 615 and NGC 636.

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