NGC 585
NGC 585 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 31m 42.103s[1]
Declination−00° 55′ 58.46″[1]
Redshift0.01812±0.00006[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5,431.040930±18.886927[2]
Distance246.8 ± 17.3 kly (75.66 ± 5.31 kpc)h−1
0.73[2]
Characteristics
TypeSa[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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References

  1. ^ a b 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 Theureau, G.; Bottinelli, L.; Coudreau-Durand, N.; Gouguenheim, L.; Hallet, N.; Loulergue, M.; Paturel, G.; Teerikorpi, P. (June 1998). "Kinematics of the local universe. VII. New 21-cm line measurements of 2112 galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 130 (2): 333–339. Bibcode:1998A&AS..130..333T. doi:10.1051/aas:1998416.
  3. ^ de Vaucouleurs, Gérard (April 1963). "Revised Classification of 1500 Bright Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 8: 31. Bibcode:1963ApJS....8...31D. doi:10.1086/190084.
  4. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 585 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  5. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-14.

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New General Catalogue 500 to 999
Constellation of Cetus
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