NGC 2553
Galaxy NGC 2553 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cancer |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 08 h 17 m 35.0 s |
declination | + 20 ° 54 ′ 11 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 72 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 2563 group |
Redshift | 0.015748 ± 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | 4721 ± 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(207 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.5 ± 4.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | February 17, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2553 • PGC 23240 • CGCG 119-031 • MCG + 04-20-014 • 2MASX J08173503 + 2054116 • GALEX ASC J081734.93 + 205408.9 • LDCE 571 NED002 |
NGC 2553 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 207 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2556 , NGC 2558 , NGC 2560 , IC 2253 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 17, 1865 .