NGC 585

NGC 585 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 245 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. The object was discovered on December 20, 1827, by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel.^[4][5]

NGC 585
NGC 585 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 31m 42.103s[1]
Declination	−00° 55′ 58.46″[1]
Redshift	0.01812±0.00006[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,431.040930±18.886927[2]
Distance	246.8 ± 17.3 kly (75.66 ± 5.31 kpc)h−1 0.73[2]
Characteristics
Type	Sa[3] (edge on)
Other designations
UGC 1092, PGC 5688

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)