NGC 3553
| Galaxy NGC 3553 |
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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 40.5 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 41 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1185 |
| Redshift | 0.032572 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | (9765 ± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (133.3 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3553 • PGC 33933 • CGCG 155-085 / 156-006 • MCG + 05-27-004 • LDCE 0784 NED001 | |
NGC 3553 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 435 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1885 by Guillaume Bigourdan .