IC 552
| Galaxy IC 552 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 41 m 16.6 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 38 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019517 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 5851 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.5 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 552 • UGC 5171 • PGC 27665 • CGCG 063-038 • MCG + 02-25-017 • 2MASX J09411656 + 1038489 • NSA 73968 • LDCE 667 NED002 | |
IC 552 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 2984 , IC 556 , IC 557 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 23, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0552" overwrites the previously used key "IC0552".