NGC 3555
| Galaxy NGC 3555 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 09 m 50.3 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 48 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031535 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (9454 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(420 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.7 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 24, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3555 • PGC 33843 • CGCG 125-034 • 2MASX i J1109503 + 214837 • | |
NGC 3555 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 420 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on August 24, 1883 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3555 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
