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NGC 54 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1886 and he defined it as very faint pretty small round. The galaxy is 90000 light years in diameter making it slightly smaller than the Milky Way.

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