NGC 1054
| Galaxy NGC 1054 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 42 m 15.7 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 13 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032556 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 9760 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(439 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.6 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1054 • PGC 10242 • CGCG 462-045 • MCG + 03-07-046 • IRAS 02394 + 1800 • 2MASX J02421572 + 1813017 • NVSS J024216 + 181307 • USGC U140 NED01 | |
NGC 1054 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 439 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1030 , IC 248 , IC 1832 , among others .
The object was discovered on October 8, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .