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NGC 584

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NGC 584
SDSS image of NGC 584
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 31m 20.755s[1]
Declination−06° 52′ 05.02″[1]
Redshift0.006011[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1802[2]
Distance62.28 ± 10.84 Mly (19.094 ± 3.323 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.48
Apparent magnitude (B)11.44
Characteristics
TypeE4[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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NED results for object NGC 0584". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ^ "NGC 584". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ^ OBEY - NGC 584
  5. ^ Makarov, Dmitry; Karachentsev, Igor (21 April 2011). "Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z∼ 0.01) Universe". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412 (4): 2498–2520. arXiv:1011.6277. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.412.2498M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x. S2CID 119194025.
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