NGC 5052
| Galaxy NGC 5052 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 15 m 34.9 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 40 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022115 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 6630 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(297 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.2 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5052 • UGC 8330 • PGC 46131 • CGCG 160-171 • MCG + 05-31-165 • 2MASX J13153485 + 2940338 • GC 3471 • h 1567 • LDCE 926 NED084 | |
NGC 5052 is a 13.5 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0-a in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 297 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 10, 1831 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 5052. SIMBAD, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- NGC 5052. DSO Browser, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5052. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 17, 2015 .