NGC 954
| Galaxy NGC 954 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 28 m 51.6 s |
| declination | -41 ° 24 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 62 |
| Redshift | 0.017836 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5347 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.9 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 954 • PGC 9438 • ESO 299-004 • MCG -07-06-006 • IRAS 02268-4137 • 2MASX J02285162-4124095 • SGC 022654-4137.5 • LDCE 164 NED008 • 2MIG 293 | |
NGC 954 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 235 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 5, 1834 John Herschel .