The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects. It is one of the largest comprehensive catalogues, as it includes all types of deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae and absorption nebulae.
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NGC 1954
NGC 1954 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Lepus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,172 ± 4 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 46.8 ± 3.3 Mpc Mpc (∼153 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 14 December 1786. Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1954: SN 2010ko (type Ia, mag. 16.8), SN 2011fi (type II, mag. 17.8), and SN 2013ex (type Ia, mag. 15.6).
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