NGC 3552

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NGC 3552
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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]
Heliocentric 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, CGCG 155-085 NED01 [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]

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One supernova has been observed in NGC 3552: SN 2025fxi (type Ia, mag. 17.756) was discovered by ATLAS on March 27, 2025. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3552". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. 1 2 3 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. arXiv: 1101.5399 . Bibcode:2011A&A...528A.115W. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015939 . S2CID   56240513.
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 3552". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 3552". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  6. ↑ spider.seds.org
  7. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3550 - 3599". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  8. ↑ "SN 2025fxi". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 29 March 2025.


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