IC 1550
| Galaxy IC 1550 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1550 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 24 m 27.6 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 11 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 159 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019707 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 5908 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.4 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 45,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 22, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1550 • PGC 1533 • CGCG 519-008 • MCG + 06-02-002 • 2MASX J00242766 + 3811085 • GALEX ASC J002427.49 + 381110.2 | |
IC 1550 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 272 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 11 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on June 22, 1900 by Stéphane Javelle .