NGC 3054

NGC 3054
NGC 3054 (Hubble Space Telescope)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydra
Right ascension	09h 54m 28.605s [1]
Declination	−25° 42′ 12.37″ [1]
Redshift	2,425 km/s [2]
Distance	130  Mly (40  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	12.6 [3]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)bc [3]
Apparent size  (V)	3′.8 × 2′.3 [3]
Other designations
ESO 499- G 18, NGC 3054, PGC 28571, UGCA 187, MCG -04-24-005 [3]

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

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 3054:

• SN 2006T (Type IIb, mag. 17.4) was discovered by L. A. G. "Berto" Monard on 30 January 2006. ^{[4] [5]}
• SN 2022crv (Type Ib, mag. 18.0457) was discovered by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc (DLT40) survey on 19 February 2022. ^[6]

See also

• NGC 1300

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
2. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (August 2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
3. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3054. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
4. Monard, L. A. G. (2006). "Supernova 2006T in NGC 3054". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (385): 1. Bibcode:2006CBET..385....1M.
5. "SN 2006T". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 4 August 2025.
6. "SN 2022crv". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 4 August 2025.

External links

• Media related to NGC 3054 at Wikimedia Commons
• SIMBAD: NGC 3054 -- Galaxy
• Some pretty pictures!
• NGC 3054 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images