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EntityQ942148· pop 34· linked from 489 articles

spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
EmG
Redshift
z = 0.008154195820146315
Coordinates
RA 148.6191° · Dec -25.7034°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
09 54 28.605
Declination
−25 ° 42 ′ 12.37 ″
Redshift
2,425 km/s
Distance
130 Mly (40 Mpc )
Type
SAB(r)bc
Apparent size v
3′.8 × 2′.3

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3054 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1859. It is probably in the same galaxy group as NGC 2935.

Supernovae

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q942148” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.