| NGC 548 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS view of NGC 548 | |
| Observation data (J2000 [1] epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus [2] |
| Right ascension | 01h 26m 02.5s [3] |
| Declination | −01° 13′ 32″ [3] |
| Redshift | 0.01802 ± 0.00001 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | (5354 ± 3) km/s [1] |
| Distance | 244 Mly [4] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.7 [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.7 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E [2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.8' × 0.5' [2] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 5326, UGC 1010, MGC +00-04-141, 2MASS J01260251-0113324 [1] [5] | |
NGC 548, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5326 or UGC 1010, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. [2] It is located approximately 244 million light-years from the Solar System [4] and was discovered on 2 November 1867 by American astronomer George Mary Searle. [6]
