NGC 1052
| Galaxy NGC 1052 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 41 m 04.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 15 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 / LINER / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 988 group NGC 1052 group LGG 71 |
| Redshift | 0.005037 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1510 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1052 • PGC 010175 • MCG -01-07-034 • IRAS 02386-0828 • 2MASX J02410480-0815209 • GC 589 • H I 63 • h 254/2493 • GALEX ASC J024104.90-081521.2 • LDCE 182 NED006 • KTS 18C | |
NGC 1052 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 67 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across. Together with NGC 1035 and NGC 1042 , it forms the galaxy triplet KTS 18 .
The object was discovered on January 10, 1785 by William Herschel .
See also
WebLinks
Commons : NGC 1052 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Twin jets locate black hole September 19, 2016