NGC 3550

Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

NGC 3550
SDSS image of NGC 3550
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	11^h 10^m 38.26^s^[1]
Declination	+28° 46′ 02.2″^[1]
Redshift	0.035094^[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	10336 km/s^[2]
Distance	490 Mly (150 Mpc)^[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.22^[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.12^[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0^[4]
Other designations
UGC 6214, PGC 33927^[2]

NGC 3550 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.^[5] It was discovered on April 11, 1785, by William Herschel.^[6] It is one of the brightest galaxies of the Abell 1185 galaxy cluster.

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "NGC 3550". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021年02月02日.
^ Gil de Paz, Armando; et al. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 173 (2): 185–255. arXiv:astro-ph/0606440 . Bibcode:2007ApJS..173..185G. doi:10.1086/516636. S2CID 119085482.
^ "Search specification: NGC 3550". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021年02月02日.
^ spider.seds.org
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3550 - 3599". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021年02月02日.

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