NGC 584 explained

NGC 584
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Cetus
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.006011
H Radial V:	1802^[2]
Dist Ly:	19.094+/-
Type:	E4
Appmag B:	11.44
Appmag V:	10.48
Size V:	2.983' × 1.850'
Names:	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]

See also

• List of galaxies
• Comet Galaxy

External links

• • Deep Sky Catalog

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: NED results for object NGC 0584. 4 February 2017. .
3. NGC 584. 4 February 2017.
4. http://www.astro.yale.edu/obey/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?n584 OBEY - NGC 584
5. Makarov. Dmitry. Karachentsev. Igor. Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z∼ 0.01) Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 21 April 2011. 412. 4. 2498–2520. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x. free . 2011MNRAS.412.2498M. 1011.6277. 119194025.