NGC 54

NGC 54
2MASS image of NGC 54 and a nearby star
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus[1]
Right ascension	00^h 15^m 07.6^s[2]
Declination	00° 07′ 58″
Redshift	0.017802 [3]
Helio radial velocity	5335 km/s[2]
Distance	240,000,000 ly[2] (78,000,000 Parsecs)[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 -01-01-060 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.

References

1. "Category:NGC 54 - Wikimedia commons". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
2. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
3. "NED search results for NGC 0054". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
4. "Parsecs to Light Years Conversion Calculator". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
5. "NGC 54 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
6. "NGC 54 - Galaxy - WIKISKY". Retrieved 2013-09-05.