| NGC 54 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image ofNGC 54 and a nearby star | |
| Observation data (2000.0epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus[1] |
| Right ascension | 00h 15m 07.6s[2] |
| Declination | 00° 07′ 58″[2] |
| Redshift | 0.017802[3] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5335km/s[2] |
| Distance | 240,000,000ly[2] (78,000,000Parsecs)[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.7[5] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)a[5] |
| Size | 90,000[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.445' x 0.525'[6] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-01-0602MASX J00150767-0706242MASXi J0015076-070623 IRAS F00125-0723AKARI J0015076-070623 6dF J0015076-0706246dF J0015077-070624 LDCE 0010 NED004HDCE 0009 NED004USGC S005 NED03GSC 4670 00994PGC 1011 NVSS J001507-070622[3] | |
NGC 54 is an edge-onspiral galaxy in theconstellation ofCetus. The galaxy was discovered byWilhelm Tempel in 1886, and he defined it as "very faint, pretty small, round."[2] The galaxy is 90,000 light years in diameter,[2] making it slightly smaller than the Milky Way.
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