NGC 3551
| Galaxy NGC 3551 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 11 h 09 m 42.8 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 45 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1177 |
| Redshift | 0.031985 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | (9589 ± 9) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(426 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (130.6 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 24, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3555 • UGC 6203 • PGC 33843 • CGCG 125-033 • MCG + 04-26-035 • 2MASX J11094441 + 2145316 • Stile 230A | |
NGC 3551 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 426 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on August 24, 1883 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3551 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
