| NGC 546 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 546 (top) andNGC 544 (bottom) | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 01h 25m 12.809s[1] |
| Declination | −38° 04′ 08.50″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.021922[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6500 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 266.34 ± 0.65 Mly (81.66 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.48[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)b: pec[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -06-04-029,PGC 5255[2] | |
NGC 546 (also known as ESO 296-25, IRAS 01229-3819, MCG −6-4-29 and PGC 5255) is abarred spiral galaxy about 270 millionlight years[3] away from Earth and located in theconstellationSculptor. The largest diameter is 1.40 (122 thousand light years) and the smallest is 0.5 angular minutes (43 thousand light years). The first discovery was made by John Frederick William Herschel on 23 October 1835.