IC 2952
| Galaxy IC 2952 |
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| NGC 3855 & IC 2952 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 17.1 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 21 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 354-003 |
| Redshift | 0.032446 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9727 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(434 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (133.2 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2952 • PGC 36508 • CGCG 186-031 • MCG + 06-26-024 • KUG 1141 + 336 • 2MASX J11441709 + 3321050 • GALEX ASC J114417.20 + 332104.1 | |
IC 2952 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Big Dipper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 434 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3847 , NGC 3855 , IC 726 , IC 2958 .
The object was discovered on June 11, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 2952" overwrites the previously used key "IC2952".