NGC 549

NGC 549 is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation Sculptor. It was discovered by British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel on November 29, 1837.^[4]

NGC 549
legacy surveys view of NGC 549
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 25m 07.1s[1]
Declination	−38° 00′ 28″[1]
Redshift	0.020734[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6060[3]
Distance	259.95 Mly (79.700 Mpc)
Characteristics
Type	(R')SB(s)a[1]
Other designations
MCG -07-04-004, PGC 5278[2]

References

1. IPAC, NASA. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, search for NGC 0549". nedipac. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
2. "NGC 549". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
3. Ford, Dominic. "Database for NGC 549". inthesky. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
4. "Ngc 549 info". cseligman. Retrieved April 11, 2016.