NGC 549

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

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]

References

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

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