NGC 154
Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 154 is an elliptical galaxy in the Cetus constellation. The galaxy was discovered by Frederick William Herschel on November 27, 1785.[5]
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NGC 154 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 34m 19.469s[1] |
Declination | −12° 39′ 22.50″[1] |
Redshift | 0.026785[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 8030[2] |
Distance | 404.00 ± 86.15 Mly (123.867 ± 26.413 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[4] |
Size | 41,100 ly (12,610 pc)[2][note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.1′ × 0.9′[5] |
Other designations | |
MGC-02-02-053, PGC 2058[3] |
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