NGC 454

NGC 454
NGC 454 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 01h 14m 22.5s[1]
Declination −55° 23′ 55″[1]
Redshift 0.012158[1]
Helio radial velocity 3,645 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.12[1]
Absolute magnitude (V) -20.31[1]
Characteristics
Type pec[1]
Apparent size (V) 1.8' × 1.8'[1]
Other designations
ESO 151-IG 036, IRAS F01123-5539, PGC 4468.[1]

NGC 454 is a pair of interacting galaxies of types Irr pec? (PGC 4461) and S0 pec? (PGC 4468), respectively, located in the constellation Phoenix. John Herschel discovered it on October 5, 1834. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, small, round, brighter middle."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0454. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499". Cseligman. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
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