NGC 150

NGC 150 (also known as PGC 2052) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 63 million light years away from the Solar System, and it has a diameter of about 94,000 light years.^[3] It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on 20 November 1886.^[4]

NGC 150
NGC 150 imaged by DECam
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	00h 34m 17.0652s[1]
Declination	−27° 48′ 21.961″[1]
Redshift	0.005294[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1587 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	62.92 ± 2.34 Mly (19.291 ± 0.717 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.13[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.04[2]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)b?[1]
Size	94,300 ly (28.90 kpc)[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.9′ × 1.9′[1]
Other designations
ESO 410- G 019, IRAS 00317-2804, UGCA 7, MCG -05-02-018, PGC 2052[1]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 150:

• SN 1990K (Type II, mag. 14) was discovered by Robert Evans on 25 May 1990.^[5][6] It was reported to be similar to SN 1987A.^[7]
• SN 2025mb (Type IIb, mag. 18.011) was discovered by ATLAS on 15 January 2025.^[8] Initially classified as Type Ia, it was later determined to be Type IIb.^[8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)