NGC 254
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ngc-254-308-12124333
title:
NGC 254
text:
NGC 254 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1834. It is in a galaxy group with NGC 134. NGC 254 is an example of a ring galaxy, a galaxy with a ring, and in this case, no central bar. Across the entire galaxy disk, there is a disk of ionized gas rotating in the direction opposite the stellar disk's rotation. This situation may have arose when a retrograde-orbiting satellite galaxy accreted onto the galaxy itself, some 1 billion year
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_254
date created:
date modified:
2023-06-28T21:05:50Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/NGC_254_DECam.png","width":1175,"height":1175}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15