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Galaxy in the constellation Pisces

NGC 553
SDSS image of NGC 553
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 26m 12s
Declination	33° 24’ 18”
Redshift	0.017068
Heliocentric radial velocity	5117 +/- 30 km/s
Distance	219 Mly
Apparent magnitude (B)	15
Characteristics
Type	S0
Size	89,000 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	0.5' x 0.3'
Other designations
PGC 5333, Mrk 1155, AGC 110325, CGCG 502-084

NGC 553 is a lenticular galaxy recorded in the New General Catalogue. It is located 219 million light-years towards the direction of the constellation Pisces on the sky. It is an S0 type galaxy. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1784 using a 47.5 cm (18.7 in) reflector.

References

"Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ "NGC 553 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces | TheSkyLive.com". theskylive.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 550 - 599". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

External links

Media related to NGC 553 at Wikimedia Commons

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Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 1–1000

New General Catalogue 500 to 999

Constellation of Pisces

Stars

Bayer	α (Alrescha) β (Fumalsamakah) γ δ ε ζ (Revati) η (Alpherg) θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο (Torcular) π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ψ ψ ω
Flamsteed	1 2 3 5 (A) 7 (b) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 (c) 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 (d) 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 (i) 66 67 (k) 68 (h) 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 80 (e) 82 (g) 87 88 89 (f) 91 (l) 92 94 95 96 97 100 101 103 104 105 107 109 112 4 Cet 5 Cet
Variable	RZ SZ TX (19) UV VY (3 Ari) VZ ZZ AR BR DV GU
HR	2 107 222 8734
HD	1502 (Citadelle) 3167 4203 4313 8574 (Bélénos) 9986 217107 217786 218566 (Ebla)
Other	Gliese 12 Gliese 900 GJ 9827 2MASS 0036+1821 NGC 33 NGC 46 NGC 316 NGC 400 NGC 401 NGC 402 NGC 408 NGC 552 NGC 730 SIMP J013656.5+093347 van Maanen 2 WASP-32 (Parumleo) WASP-76

Exoplanets	HD 1502 b (Indépendance) HD 3167 b HD 4203 b c HD 4313 b HD 8574 b (Bélisama) HD 217107 b c HD 217786 b c HD 218566 b (Ugarit) γ Piscium b GU Piscium b 54 Piscium b WASP-76b

Galaxies

Messier	74
NGC	3 12 36 38 57 60 63 75 78 95 99 100 105 106 125 126 127 128 130 137 138 139 141 164 180 182 186 190 193 194 198 199 200 202 203 204 208 213 234 236 240 250 251 257 266 282 287 296 311 313 315 316 318 326 332 338 354 370 372 373 374 375 379 380 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 390 392 394 396 397 398 399 400 401 403 407 410 414 420 437 443 444 446 447 449 452 455 459 462 463 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 479 483 485 486 488 489 490 492 493 494 495 496 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 511 514 515 516 517 518 520 522 524 525 532 553 575 606 645 656 660 664 665 676 706 741 766 7459 7499 7501 7503 7537 7541 7544 7583 7603 7679 7682 7714 7716 7816 7835 7837 7838 7840
Other	3C 459 Andromeda II Andromeda XXII IC 64 IC 1481 I Zwicky 1 KIDS J232940-34092 Pisces A Pisces B Pisces Dwarf UGC 224 UGC 477 UGC 717 UGC 934

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