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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo Minor
- Distance from Earth
- 26
- Image
- NGC3254 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 30895
- right ascension
- 157.3330083
- galaxy morphological type
- SAbc
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-03-13
- apparent magnitude
- 11.193
- Commons category
- NGC 3254
- declination
- 29.4914389
- redshift
- 0.004520
- radial velocity
- 1363
- epoch
- J2000.0
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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.
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