IC 553 - Barred Spiral Galaxy
IC 553 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Sextans constellation. IC 553 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.
Photometric information of IC 553
The following table lists the magnitude of IC 553 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
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The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of IC 553.
Apparent size of IC 553The following table reports IC 553 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 553 is a visual representation of it.
Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 553
The image below is a photograph of IC 553 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).
IC 553 - Barred Spiral Galaxy morphological classification
IC 553 - Barred Spiral Galaxy is classified as Barred Spiral (Ba) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 553 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 553
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 553 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 553 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.