NGC 1954 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Lepus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,172 ± 4 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 46.8 ± 3.3 Mpc Mpc (~153 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 14 December 1786.
The galaxy features two thin arcs which contain HII regions. The galaxy forms a pair with , which lies 5.1 arcminutes away. Other nearby galaxies include , , and .
Supernovae Three supernovae have been observed in NGC1954: SN2010ko (Type Ia, mag.16.8) was discovered by Simone Leonini on 5 December 2010. SN2011fi (TypeII, mag.17.8), was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 27 August 2011. SN2013ex (TypeIa, mag.15.6) was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) on 19 August 2013.
See also List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
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