IC 553
| Galaxy IC 553 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 40 m 45.1 s |
| declination | -05 ° 26 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) a pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022059 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (6613 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(288 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.3 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 18, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 553 • PGC 27625 • MCG -01-25-016 • 2MASX J09404513-0526074 • LDCE 0662 NED007 | |
IC 553 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 288 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 18, 1893 .