NGC 546

NGC 546 (also known as ESO 296-25, IRAS 01229-3819, MCG −6-4-29 and PGC 5255) is a barred spiral galaxy about 270 million light years^[3] away from Earth and located in the constellation Sculptor. The largest diameter is 1.40 (122 thousand light years) and the smallest is 0.5 angular minutes (43 thousand light years). The first discovery was made by John Frederick William Herschel on 23 October 1835.

NGC 546
legacy surveys image of NGC 546 (top) and NGC 544 (bottom)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	01h 25m 12.809s[1]
Declination	−38° 04′ 08.50″[1]
Redshift	0.021922[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6500 km/s[2]
Distance	266.34 ± 0.65 Mly (81.66 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.48[2]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)b: pec[4]
Other designations
MCG -06-04-029, PGC 5255[2]