Astronomy:NGC 54

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 54
NGC 54 SDSS
SDSS image of NGC 54 and a nearby star
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationCetus[1]
Right ascension 00h 15m 07.6s[2]
Declination00° 07′ 58″[2]
Redshift0.017802 [3]
Helio radial velocity5335 km/s[2]
Distance240,000,000 ly[2] (78,000,000 Parsecs)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.7 [5]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)a [5]
Size90,000[2]
Apparent size (V)1.445' x 0.525' [6]
Other designations
MCG -01-01-060 2MASX J00150767-070624 2MASXi J0015076-070623 IRAS F00125-0723 AKARI J0015076-070623 6dF J0015076-070624 6dF J0015077-070624 LDCE 0010 NED004 HDCE 0009 NED004 USGC S005 NED03 GSC 4670 00994 PGC 1011 NVSS J001507-070622[3]

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."[2] The galaxy is 90,000 light years in diameter,[2] making it slightly smaller than the Milky Way.

See also

NGC 54 (2MASS)

References

  1. ↑ "Category:NGC 54 - Wikimedia commons". http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/NGC_54. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NED search results for NGC 0054". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+54&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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. 
  4. ↑ "Parsecs to Light Years Conversion Calculator". http://www.unitconversion.org/length/parsecs-to-light-years-conversion.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NGC 54 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy". http://www.deepskypedia.com/wiki/NGC_54. 
  6. ↑ "NGC 54 - Galaxy - WIKISKY". http://server7.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=7592&object_name=NGC+54&locale=EN. 


Coordinates: Sky map 00h 15m 07.6s, 00° 07′ 58″



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