Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.026702
- Coordinates
- RA 8.5811° · Dec -12.6562°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 34 19.469
- Declination
- −12 ° 39 ′ 22.50 ″
- Distance
- 404.00 ± 86.15 Mly (123.867 ± 26.413 Mpc )
- Type
- E
- Size
- 41,100 ly (12,610 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 96.95
- Image
- NGC 154 DECam.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- LEDA 2058
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-27
- redshift
- 0.026702
- galaxy morphological type
- E?
- apparent magnitude
- 10.176
- right ascension
- 8.5811208
- declination
- -12.6562500
- radial velocity
- 7898
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 154
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 154 is an elliptical galaxy in the Cetus constellation. The galaxy was discovered by Frederick William Herschel on November 27, 1785.
Notes
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 154” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.