NGC 2585
| Galaxy NGC 2585 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 23 m 26.3 s |
| declination | -04 ° 54 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022909 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 6868 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.8 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2585 • PGC 23537 • MCG -01-22-010 • IRAS 08209-0445 • 2MASX J08232629-0454549 • GALEX ASC J082326.27-045453.6 | |
NGC 2585 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 299 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 2583 and NGC 2584 are in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .