Arp 52

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Galaxy
Arp 52
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Orion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 19 m 40.5 s
declination + 03 ° 43 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Brightness  (visual) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.027940 ± 0.000100  
Radial velocity (8376 ± 30) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(371 ± 26)  ·  10 6  ly
(113.6 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  17109 • CGCG  421-027 • Arp  52 •

Arp 52 is a galaxy in the constellation Orion. It is estimated to be 371 million light years from the Milky Way .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class spiral galaxies with a small companion of high surface brightness on one arm .

Web links

literature

  • Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE