Tags: Galaxy.
NGC 2552 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located some 22 million light years away in the faint northern constellation of Lynx. This is a type of unbarred dwarf galaxy usually with a single spiral arm. It is inclined by 41° to the line of sight from the Earth along a position angle of 229°. The measured velocity dispersion of the stars in NGC 2552 is relatively low—a mere 19 ± 2 km/s.