Q50649

Also known as New General Catalogue 54, MCG -1-1-60

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 00 15 07.6
Declination: 00 ° 07 ′ 58 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5335 km/s
Distance: 240,000,000 ly (78,000,000 Parsecs )
Type: SB(r)a
Size: 90,000
Apparent size v: 1.445' x 0.525'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 74.82
Image: NGC54 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 54
catalog code: LEDA 1011
declination: -7.1067750
apparent magnitude: 10.081
redshift: 0.017739
time of discovery or invention: 1886-00-00
galaxy morphological type: Sa
right ascension: 3.7819750
radial velocity: 5259

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Article

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." The galaxy is 90,000 light years in diameter, making it slightly smaller than the Milky Way.