NGC 52

NGC 52

NGC 52 and nearby PGC 1563523 (lower right)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 14m 40.2s [1]
Declination +18° 34′ 48″ [1]
Redshift 0.017986
Helio radial velocity 5390 km/s
Distance 243,000,000ly[2] (73,000,000 Parsecs)[3]
Type Sc [2]
Size (ly) 150,000[2]
Apparent dimensions (V) 2.6' × 0.5' [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.6 [4]
Other designations
UGC 140 CGCG 456-042 CGCG 12.0+1817 MCG +03-01-030 2MFGC 00177 2MASX J00144010+1834551 2MASXi J0014401+183455 IRAS 00120+1818 IRAS F00120+1818 AKARI J0014401+183453 LDCE 0011 NED002 PGC 978 UZC J001440.2+183454 NVSS J001440+183455 [5]

NGC 52 (PGC 978) is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on September 18, 1784 by William Herschel. He described it as "very faint, small, extended."[2]

Physical Characteristics

NGC 52 is approximately 150,000 light years across.[2] This makes it, in comparison, about 1.5 times as large as our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy also has a satellite elliptical galaxy called PGC (Principal Galaxies Catalogue) 1563523.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NGC 52 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy". Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  3. ↑ "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Category:NGC 52 - Wikimedia Commons". Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search results". Retrieved 2013-08-14.

Coordinates: 00h 14m 40.2s, +18° 34′ 48″