NGC 52
| Galaxy NGC 52 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 14 m 40.1 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 34 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017986 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5392 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.9 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | FW Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 52 • UGC 140 • PGC 978 • CGCG 456-42 • MCG + 03-01-030 • IRAS 00120 + 1818 • 2MASX J00144010 + 1834551 • GC 25 • H III 183 • h 11 • LDCE 0011 NED002 | |
NGC 52 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus . This edge-on galaxy is approximately 248 million light-years from the Milky Way and is estimated to be 150,000 light-years across. It has an elliptical companion called PGC 1563523 .
NGC 52 was discovered on September 18, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .