IC 1554
| Galaxy IC 1554 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 33 m 07.3 s |
| declination | -32 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB: (r:) 0 / a |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 134 group LGG 7 |
| Redshift | 0.005791 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 1736 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(77 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.6 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1554 • PGC 2000 • ESO 350-033 • MCG -05-02-015 • IRAS 00306-3232 • 2MASX J00330736-3215301 • SGC 003040-3232.1 • GALEX ASC J003307.38-321530.7 • LDCE 33 NED003 | |
IC 1554 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 77 million light years from the Milky Way .
Together with NGC 115 , NGC 131 , NGC 134 , NGC 148 , IC 1555 and PGC 2044 , it forms the NGC 134 group .
The object was discovered by the American astronomer DeLisle Stewart in 1899 . Although the galaxy corresponds to PGC 2000 in several catalogs, there are great doubts that Stewart observed another object, not this one.