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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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