NGC 5552
| Galaxy NGC 5552 / NGC 5558 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 19 m 03.8 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 01 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025298 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 7584 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(339 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (103.8 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5552, 5558 • PGC 51140 • CGCG 047-004 • GC 5765 • LDCE 1042 NED024 | |
NGC 5552 = NGC 5558 is a 14.1 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S0? in the constellation of Virgo and about 339 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was first discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1865 (as NGC 5552 ). Lewis A. Swift's observation of June 14, 1884, in which he said “2 F st. point to it “, led to the second entry in the catalog under NGC 5558 .
Web links
- NGC 5552. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5552. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5552. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 .