Astronomy:NGC 154
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 154 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 154 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 34m 19.469s[1] |
| Declination | −12° 39′ 22.50″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.026785[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 8030[2] |
| Distance | 404.00 ± 86.15 Mly (123.867 ± 26.413 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[4] |
| Size | 41,100 ly (12,610 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.1′ × 0.9′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| MGC-02-02-053, PGC 2058[3] | |
NGC 154 is an elliptical galaxy in the Cetus constellation. The galaxy was discovered by Frederick William Herschel on November 27, 1785.[5]
Notes
- ↑ POSS1 103a-O values used.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NED results for object NGC 0154". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+154&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC 154". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+154.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 154". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20154.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 150 - 199". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1a.htm#154. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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