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 S0/S [1]
Size~141,750 ly (estimated) [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 140,000 light-years. [3]

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References

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