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Also known as Little Spindle Galaxy

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 31 20.755
Declination
−06 ° 52 ′ 05.02 ″
Distance
62.28 ± 10.84 Mly (19.094 ± 3.323 Mpc )
Type
E4
Apparent size v
2.983' × 1.850'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
20.14
Image
NGC 584 SDSS2.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
S0
catalog code
LEDA 5663
time of discovery or invention
1785-09-10
redshift
0.006254
apparent magnitude
7.304
Commons category
NGC 584
right ascension
22.8364792
declination
-6.8680611
radial velocity
1833
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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. NGC 584 belongs to the NGC 584 galaxy group, which also includes the galaxies NGC 596, NGC 600, NGC 615 and NGC 636.

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