Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 01 25 07.1
- Declination
- −38 ° 00 ′ 28 ″
- Distance
- 259.95 Mly (79.700 Mpc )
- Type
- (R')SB(s)a
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q181039” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.