NGC 1954
| Galaxy NGC 1954 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 32 m 48.3 s |
| declination | -14 ° 03 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010441 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3130 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(134 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (41.0 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1954 • PGC 17422 • MCG -02-15-003 • IRAS 05305-1405 • 2MASX J05324835-1403460 • GC 1160 • H III 590 • h 2853 • HIPASS J0532-14 • LDCE 398 NED002 | |
NGC 1954 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hare north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 134 million light years from the Milky Way and about 170,000 light years in diameter. NGC 1954 may form a group with NGC 1957 and IC 2132 .
The supernovae SN 2010ko , SN 2011fi and SN 2013ex were observed in this galaxy.
The object was discovered by Sir William Herschel on December 14, 1786 .