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NGC1954
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:32:48.3
Declination: -14:3:44
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, smbM
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1954
24" (12/28/16): at 225x; moderately bright and large, sharply concentrated with small, very bright core ~20"x15" N-S. ÊThe core is surrounded by a low surface brightness without a well defined edge but roughly 1.25' diameter. ÊA mag 13 star is superimposed 45" N of center and a mag 13.8 star 1.3' NW (outside the halo).
NGC 1954 is the brightest in a trio (HDCE 361) at a distance of ~150 million years with NGC 1957 4.5' SSE and IC 2132 9.5' NNW. ÊThe three galaxies are nearly collinear.
17.5" (12/3/88): faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is off the northwest edge 1.3' from center. Forms a pair with NGC 1957 5' SSE.