NGC 3554
| Galaxy NGC 3554 |
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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 47.8 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 39 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1185 |
| Redshift | 0.029163 ± 0.000042 |
| Radial velocity | (8743 ± 13) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(389 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.3 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3554 • PGC 33948 • CGCG 155-086 / 156-007 • MCG + 05-27-007 • 2MASX J11104785 + 2839368 • GC 2321 • h 833 • LDCE 0784 NED001 | |
NGC 3554 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 389 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 24, 1827 .