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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
10 29 19.922
Declination
+29 ° 29 ′ 29.18 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1363 ± 10 km/s
Type
SA(s)bc
Size
~175,000 ly (53.65 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
5.10′ × 0.90′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3254 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on March 13, 1785. It is a member of the NGC 3254 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.

Supernovae

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3254” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.