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NGC 585
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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.
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- NGC 0585 SDSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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