NGC 5952
| Galaxy NGC 5952 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 34 m 56.4 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 57 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039067 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | (11712 ± 55) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(525 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (161.0 ± 11.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5952 • PGC 55496 • CGCG 050-030 • 2MASX J15345642 + 0457317 • GALEX ASC J153456.46 + 045733.4 • LEDA 55496 | |
NGC 5952 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Serpens north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 525 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5955 and NGC 5960 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .