Arp 52
| Galaxy Arp 52 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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