Galaxy · Centaurus

NGC 4945

Also known as C 83 · ESO 219-024 · PGC 45279

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Centaurus

Position (J2000)

13h 05m 27s · −49° 28′ 06″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

1

Magnitude

11.86

visual

Size

23.3′ × 4′

Distance

~12,000,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.