NGC 54

NGC 54
2MASS image of NGC 54 and a nearby star
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus^[1]
Right ascension	00^h 15^m 07.6^s^[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]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.7 ^[5]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)a ^[5]
Size	90,000^[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.445' x 0.525' ^[6]
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.

References

↑ "Category:NGC 54 - Wikimedia commons". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
1 2 "NED search results for NGC 0054". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
↑ "Parsecs to Light Years Conversion Calculator". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
1 2 "NGC 54 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
↑ "NGC 54 - Galaxy - WIKISKY". Retrieved 2013-09-05.

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 49 NGC 50 NGC 51 NGC 52 NGC 53 NGC 54 NGC 55 NGC 56 NGC 57 NGC 58 NGC 59

PGC	PGC 1007 PGC 1008 PGC 1009 PGC 1010 PGC 1011 PGC 1012 PGC 1013 PGC 1014 PGC 1015

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