PGC 55563
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 55563 |
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![LEDA 55563 & IC 4562 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC4562_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| LEDA 55563 & IC 4562 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 36 m 02.8 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 30 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C / E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 577-002 |
| Redshift | 0.018766 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 5626 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 55563 • CGCG 222-031 • 2MASX J15360279 + 4330122 • GALEX ASC J153603.03 + 433012.5 • NSA 043512 | |
LEDA / PGC 55563 (also IC 4562A ) is a compact elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 258 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 4562 it forms a bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4564 , IC 4565 , IC 4566 , IC 4567 .