NGC 3052

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Galaxy
NGC 3052
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NGC 3052 [1]
NGC 3052
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 54 m 27.93 s
declination -18 ° 38 ′ 20.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) c / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.8 mag
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 102 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3091 group
LGG 186  
Redshift 0.012602 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 3778 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(160 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.0 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date February 7, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  3052 • PGC  28570 • ESO  566-026 • MCG  -03-25-030 • IRAS  09521-1824 • 2MASX  J09542791-1838202 • SGC  095206-1824.1 • GC  1962 • H  III 272 • h  3202 •

NGC 3052 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBc with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 160 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. Together with five other galaxies, it forms the NGC 3091 group ( LGG 186 ).

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3045 and NGC 3076 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 7, 1785 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3052  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3052
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman