NGC 5054 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: NGC 5047 · NGC 5049 · NGC 5054

NGC 5054

This spiral galaxy is located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo at a declination of -17 degrees. It is a magnitude 10.9 galaxy which spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about halfway between face-on and edge-on.

The arm structure of this galaxy is fascinating. It is one of the best examples of galaxies which appear to have 3 arms. My collection of 3 armed galaxies is shown here. Something is disturbing this disk – the pair of bright regions at 7 o'clock look suspicious and could be merger remnants.

I love the 5 surrounding distant edge-on galaxies, particular the galaxy just above and behind NGC 5054, which is LEDA 46256. This galaxy is twice as far away as NGC 5054.

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RA (center)	13h16m58s.505
RA (top/left)	13h18m28s.635
RA (top/right)	13h15m31s.398
RA (bottom/right)	13h15m28s.198
RA (bottom/left)	13h18m25s.911

Dec (center)	-16°38′01″.62
Dec (top/left)	-16°24′01″.40
Dec (top/right)	-16°22′57″.59
Dec (bottom/right)	-16°51′57″.23
Dec (bottom/left)	-16°52′59″.99

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