Q915459

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Sy1
Redshift: z = 0.005407014855264958
Morphology: SB(s)ab
Coordinates: RA 349.0444° · Dec -42.5846°

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Key facts

Constellation: Grus
Right ascension: 23 16 10.7287
Declination: −42 ° 35 ′ 04.881 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1608 ± 5 km / s
Distance: 56 Mly (17.2 Mpc )
Type: (R')SB(s)ab
Size: ~55,700 ly (17.07 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 3.4 ′ × 2.7 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 22.05
Image: NGC 7552SST.jpg

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catalog code: LEDA 70884
Commons category: NGC 7552
time of discovery or invention: 1826-07-07
redshift: 0.005287
galaxy morphological type: SB(s)ab
apparent magnitude: 7.536
right ascension: 349.0448625
declination: -42.5848306
radial velocity: 1589

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Article

NGC 7552 (also known as IC 5294) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Grus. It is at a distance of roughly 60 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7552 is about 75,000 light years across. It forms with three other spiral galaxies the Grus Quartet.

Observation history