NGC 1552
| Galaxy NGC 1552 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 1552 SDSS uptake | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 20 m 17.7 s |
| declination | -00 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) 0+? / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015958 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4784 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(211 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.7 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1552 • UGC 3015 • PGC 14907 • CGCG 393-005 • MCG + 00-12-007 • 2MASX J04201768-0041336 • GC 837 • H III 490 • h 313 • GALEX ASC J042017.68-004134.9 • LDCE 295 NED008 | |
NGC 1552 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 211 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 1, 1786 .