| 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 | |
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]
 Media related to  NGC 585  at Wikimedia Commons
  Media related to  NGC 585  at Wikimedia Commons