NGC 52
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NGC 52 | |
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File:NGC 0052 2MASS.jpg
NGC 52 and nearby PGC 1563523 (lower right)
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Observation data (2000.0 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 00h 14m 40.2s [1] |
Declination | +18° 34′ 48″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.017986 |
Helio radial velocity | 5390 km/s |
Distance | 243,000,000ly[2] (73,000,000 Parsecs)[3] |
Type | Sc [2] |
Size (ly) | 150,000[2] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 2.6' × 0.5' [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.6 [4] |
Other designations | |
UGC 140 CGCG 456-042 CGCG 12.0+1817 MCG +03-01-030 2MFGC 00177 2MASX J00144010+1834551 2MASXi J0014401+183455 IRAS 00120+1818 IRAS F00120+1818 AKARI J0014401+183453 LDCE 0011 NED002 PGC 978 UZC J001440.2+183454 NVSS J001440+183455 [5] | |
NGC 52 (PGC 978) is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on September 18, 1784 by William Herschel. He described it as "very faint, small, extended."[2]
Physical Characteristics
NGC 52 is approximately 150,000 light years across.[2] This makes it, in comparison, about 1.5 times as large as our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy also has a satellite elliptical galaxy called PGC (Principal Galaxies Catalogue) 1563523.
References
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