NGC 584

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.

NGC 584
Spitzer Space Telescope image of NGC 584
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 01h 31m 20.755s[1]
Declination−06° 52 05.02[1]
Redshift0.006011[2]
Helio 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]

It is about 20 megaparsecs (60 million light-years) distant.[4] NGC 584 belongs at the NGC 584 galaxy group, which also includes the galaxies NGC 596, NGC 600, NGC 615 and NGC 636.[5]

See also

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "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.


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