NGC 6754


NGC6754 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Telescopium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3176 ± 11km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. Additionally, 10 non-redshift measurements give a closer distance of. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 8 July 1834.
According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 6754 is an Active Galaxy Nucleus Candidate, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Supernovae

Four supernovae have been observed in NGC 6754:SN1998X was discovered by the Perth Astronomical Research Group on 13 March 1998.SN1998dq was discovered by Brett White on 23 August 1998.SN2000do was discovered by Brett White on 30 September 2000.SN2005cu was discovered by on 10 July 2005.