NGC 1954
Galaxy NGC 1954 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hare |
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 |
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 .