NGC 1585

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What Wikipedia says

NGC 1585 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Caelum. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,635 ± 31 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 68.4 ± 4.8 Mpc (~223 million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 1 December 1837.

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