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IC 556

IC 556
Object IC 556 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

IC 556 - galaxy in the constellation Leonis
Type: S0 - lenticular galaxy
The angular dimensions: 0.70'x0.7'
magnitude: V=13.4m; B=14.4m
The surface brightness: 12.5 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 9h43m40.3s; Dec= 11°3'41"
redshift (z): 0.020768
The distance from the Sun to IC 556: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 87.7 Mpc;
Other names of the object IC 556 : PGC 27838, NGC 2984, UGC 5200, MCG 2-25-25, CGCG 63-53

Nearby objects: IC 554, IC 555, IC 557, IC 558

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