NGC 3252
| Galaxy NGC 3252 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 34 m 23.1 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBd sp? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003856 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (1156 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(57 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3252 • UGC 5732 • PGC 31278 • CGCG 333-039 • MCG + 12-10-049 • 2MASX J10342310 + 7345539 • GC 2111 • H III 316 • LDCE 0751 NED001 | |
NGC 3252 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 57 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1785 .