NGC 3552
| Galaxy NGC 3552 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 10 m 42.8 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 41 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1185 |
| Redshift | 0.033103 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (9924 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(442 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.5 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3552 • PGC 33932 • CGCG 155-085 NED01 / 156-006 NED01 • MCG + 05-27-003 • 2MASX J11104284 + 2841348 • GC 2320 • H III 352 • h 832 • | |
NGC 3552 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 442 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .