NGC 3254
| Galaxy NGC 3254 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 29 m 19.9 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 29 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.50 × 1.4 |
| Position angle | 46 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 197 |
| Redshift | 0.004520 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 1355 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(59 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.0 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3254 • UGC 5685 • PGC 30895 • CGCG 154-020 • MCG + 05-25-018 • IRAS F10265 + 2944 • 2MASX J10291992 + 2929291 • GC 2112 • H I 72 • h 714 • LDCE 734 NED002 | |
NGC 3254 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 59 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3265 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 13, 1785 .
NGC 3254 group ( LGG 197 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 3254 | PGC 30895 | 59 |
| NGC 3245 | PGC 30744 | 57 |
| NGC 3265 | PGC 31029 | 57 |
| NGC 3277 | PGC 31166 | 61 |
| PGC 30714 | NGC 3245A | 57 |