NGC 5553
| Galaxy NGC 5553 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 18 m 29.7 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 17 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015140 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4539 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5553 • UGC 9160 • PGC 51105 • CGCG 163-024 • MCG + 05-34-017 • 2MASX J14182972 + 2617165 • GC 3841 • h 1775 • 2MASS J14182973 + 2617164 | |
NGC 5553 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "Sa" in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 205 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 4395 , IC 4397 , IC 4399 , IC 4405 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 6, 1831 .
Web links
- NGC 5553. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5553. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5553. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 (English).