NGC 584
| Galaxy NGC 584 |
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| NGC 584 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 31 m 20.75 s |
| declination | -06 ° 52 ′ 05.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 584 group LGG 27 |
| Redshift | 0.006011 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 1802 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 584 • IC 1712 • PGC 5663 • MCG -01-04-060 • 2MASX J01312075-0652050 • GC 342 • H I 100 • h 128 • WISEA J013120.73-065204.6 • HOLM 45B • LDCE 95 NED003 | |
NGC 584 = IC 1712 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 82 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across. Together with NGC 586 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 45 and is the brightest member of the NGC 584 group ( LGG 27 ).
The object was discovered on September 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
NGC 584 group ( LGG 27 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 584 | PGC 5663 | 82 |
| NGC 586 | PGC 5679 | 85 |
| NGC 596 | PGC 5766 | 85 |
| NGC 600 | PGC 5777 | 84 |
| NGC 615 | PGC 5897 | 84 |
| NGC 636 | PGC 6110 | 84 |
| PGC 5341 | MCG-01-04-044 | 89 |
| PGC 6190 | MCG-01-05-014 | 97 |
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