NGC 2552 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lynx (Lyn) · Contains: NGC 2552 · PGC 2356903 · PGC 2362842 · PGC 2363428

NGC 2552

This object is a small faint galaxy that Caspian Ray imaged for the first time anywhere on Astrobin a few weeks ago. He challenged me to image it as well.

It is located 34 million light years away in the northern constellation of Lynx at a declination of +50 degrees. The 12.6 mag galaxy spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 30,000 light years

This object is a Magellanic spiral galaxy, which is a type of small galaxy that is considered to be an intermediate between dwarf spiral galaxies and irregular galaxies.

I love the color and structure of this galaxy. It has a yellow central region and blue outer region, with blue star clusters visible throughout. Its arm structure is unique - I can’t even find words to describe its loose shape.

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Astrometry.net job	4146548
PixInsight job	F7X67XTPIUZRJ71NC8XAW3I8XBG474FM
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RA (center)	08h19m19s.185
RA (top/left)	08h20m23s.567
RA (top/right)	08h18m11s.327
RA (bottom/right)	08h18m15s.139
RA (bottom/left)	08h20m26s.725

Dec (center)	+50°00′28″.90
Dec (top/left)	+50°08′11″.97
Dec (top/right)	+50°07′22″.95
Dec (bottom/right)	+49°52′42″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+49°53′30″.83

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