IC 552
Galaxy IC 552 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
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 |
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".