NGC 554

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Galaxy
NGC 554
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NGC 0554 SDSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 27 m 09.6 s
declination -22 ° 43 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (S0 pec) + (SB0: pec)  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.5
Position angle 177 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032572 +/- 0.000177  
Radial velocity 9765 +/- 53 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(436 ± 31)  ·  10 6  Lj
(133.6 ± 9.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Frank Muller
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  554 • PGC  5412/5413 • ESO  476-IG 011 • MCG  -04-04-13 •

NGC 554 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Cetus . It is estimated to be 436 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 554
  3. Seligman