IC 52
| Galaxy IC 52 |
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| IC 52 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 48 m 23.78 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 05 ′ 30.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006541 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 1961 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.2 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| diameter | 25,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 19, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 52 • UGC 494 • PGC 2834 • CGCG 410-007 • MCG + 01-03-005 • IRAS F00458 + 0349 • 2MASX J00482376 + 0405307 • HIPASS J0048 + 04 • NSA 127758 | |
IC 52 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sdm in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is around 92 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 light years .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 19, 1892 .