NGC 3585

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NGC 3585
NGC 3585 PanSTARRS1 i.r.g.jpg
NGC 3585 by PanSTARRS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 11h 13m 17.1s [1]
Declination −26° 45 17 [1]
Redshift 0.004783 ± 0.000040 [1]
Helio radial velocity 1,434 ± 12 km/s [1]
Distance 56 ± 15 Mly (17.3 ± 4.5 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.9 [2]
Characteristics
Type E7/S0 [1]
Apparent size  (V)4.7 × 2.6
Other designations
ESO 502- G 025, AM 1110-262, MCG -04-27-004, PGC 34160 [1]

NGC 3585 is an elliptical or a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of circa 60 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3585 is about 80,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 9, 1784. [3]

NGC 3585 features a red discy region in the core with a semi-major axis of circa 45 arcseconds, probably associated with diffuse dust. There are nearly 130 globular cluster candidates in the galaxy, with the total number of globular clusters estimated to be nearly 550. This number is quite low, but it is typical for field elliptical galaxies. Based on luminosity turnover of the globular clusters, it is suspected that there is a subpopulation of younger clusters. [4] The outer isophotes of the galaxy are asymmetrical, maybe due to a tidal disruption. [5]

In the centre of NGC 3585 lies a supermassive black hole whose mass is estimated to be 108.4  M based on the tidal disruption rate [6] or 108.53 ± 0.122M based on the observation of the circumnuclear ring with very-long-baseline interferometry. [7] Based on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope to determine the stellar velocity dispersion at the core, the mass of the hole was estimated to be between 280 and 490 million M by using the M–sigma relation. [8]

NGC 3585 is the most prominent member of a loose galaxy group known as the NGC 3585 group. Other members of the group are the spiral galaxies UGCA 226, ESO 502- G 016, and UGCA 230. [9] [10]

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