NGC 54
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| NGC 54 | |
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| File:NGC 0054 2MASS.jpg
2MASS image of NGC 54 and a nearby star
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| Observation data (2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus[1] |
| Right ascension | 00h 15m 07.6s[2] |
| Declination | 00° 07′ 58″ |
| Redshift | 0.017802 [3] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5335 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 240,000,000 ly[2] (78,000,000 Parsecs)[4] |
| Type | SB(r)a [5] |
| Size (ly) | 90,000[2] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 1.445' x 0.525' [6] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.7 [5] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-01-060 2MASX J00150767-070624 2MASXi J0015076-070623 IRAS F00125-0723 AKARI J0015076-070623 6dF J0015076-070624 6dF J0015077-070624 LDCE 0010 NED004 HDCE 0009 NED004 USGC S005 NED03 GSC 4670 00994 PGC 1011 NVSS J001507-070622[3] | |
NGC 54 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1886, and he defined it as "very faint, pretty small, round."[2] The galaxy is 90,000 light years in diameter,[2] making it slightly smaller than the Milky Way.
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