NGC 550
NGC 550 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be about 300 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 110,000 light years. The object was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[4][5][6]
| NGC 550 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 550 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 26m 42.560s[1] |
| Declination | +02° 01′ 20.52″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.019560[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5807 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 303.7 Mly (93.10 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)a?[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1021, MCG+00-04-146, PGC 5374[2] | |
See also
References
- Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- "NGC 550". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- "Results for object NGC 0550 (NGC 550)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 550". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 550 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
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