IC 2052
| Galaxy IC 2052 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 14 m 58.5 s |
| declination | -54 ° 20 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037700 +/- 0.000213 |
| Radial velocity | 11.302 +/- 64 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(497 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (152.5 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2052 • PGC 14729 • ESO 157-013 • 2MASX J04145853-5420159 • GALEX ASC J041458.45-542011.2 | |
IC 2052 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is an estimated 497 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2044 , IC 2046 , IC 2050 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .