PGC 54493

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PGC 54493
Spiral in Serpens.jpg
The spiral galaxy PGC 54493 as imaged by the HST.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15h 16m 19.1s [1]
Declination 07° 09′ 44″ [1]
Redshift 0.035995/10791 km/s [1]
Distance 485.7 Mly
Group or cluster Abell 2052
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.1
Characteristics
Type SB(rs)bc/S0 [1]
Size71.70 kiloparsecs (233,750 Light-Year) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec2 B-band isophote) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.85 x 0.62 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 049-082, 2MASX J15161917+0709442 [1]

PGC 54493 is a barred spiral galaxy [2] located about 490 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Serpens. [4] It is part of a galaxy group called Abell 2052. [5] It has an estimated diameter of 234,000 light-years. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for PGC 54493. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  2. ↑ Plait, Phil (2016-04-29). "The Warped Path to Understanding the Universe". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Spiral in Serpens". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-10.


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