NGC 7052
| Galaxy NGC 7052 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Fox |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 18 m 33.0 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 26 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 64 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015584 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4672 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.0 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 10, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7052 • UGC 11718 • PGC 66537 • CGCG 471-005 • MCG + 04-50-006 • IRAS 21163 + 2613 • 2MASX J21183304 + 2626486 • GC 4653 • H III 145 • h 2112 • GALEX ASC J211832.96 + 262649.8 | |
NGC 7052 is an elliptical radio galaxy of the Hubble type E5 in the constellation Fox in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 219 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 10, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .