Astronomy:NGC 3552
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| NGC 3552 | |
|---|---|
  SDSS image of NGC 3552 (red arrow) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 10m 42.843s[1] |
| Declination | +28° 41′ 34.82″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.03317[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 9779 km/s[2] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 1185[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.3[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.1[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E-S0[4] |
| Size | ~134,000 ly (41.09 kpc) (estimated)[5] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.7′ × 0.7′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+05-27-003, PGC 33932[2] | |
NGC 3552 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.[6] It was discovered on April 11, 1785 by William Herschel.[7] It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 1185.[3]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 3552: SN 2025fxi (type Ia, mag. 17.756) was discovered by ATLAS on March 27, 2025.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 3552". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3552.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 West, M. J.; Jordán, A.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; Gregg, M. D.; Takamiya, M.; Marzke, R. O. (2011). "The globular cluster systems of Abell 1185". Astronomy & Astrophysics 528: A115. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015939. Bibcode: 2011A&A...528A.115W.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 3552". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203552. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Results for object NGC 3552". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+3552.
- ↑ spider.seds.org
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3550 - 3599". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc35a.htm#3552. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ "SN 2025fxi". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025fxi.
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