NGC 454

NGC 454
NGC 454 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	01h 14m 22.5s[1]
Declination	−55° 23′ 55″[1]
Redshift	0.012158[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3,645 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.12[1]
Absolute magnitude (V)	-20.31[1]
Characteristics
Type	Irr pec? (PGC 4461) and S0 pec? (PGC 4468)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8' × 1.8'[1]
Other designations
IRAS F01123-5539, PGC 4468[1]

NGC 454 is a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation Phoenix. John Herschel discovered it on October 5, 1834. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, small, round, brighter middle."^[2]