NGC 52

NGC 52
NGC 52 and nearby PGC 1563523 (lower right)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	00^h 14^m 40.2^s ^[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]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.6 ^[4]
Characteristics
Type	Sc ^[2]
Size	150,000^[2]
Apparent size (V)	2.6' × 0.5' ^[1]
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

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

References

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

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

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 47 NGC 48 NGC 49 NGC 50 NGC 51 NGC 52 NGC 53 NGC 54 NGC 55 NGC 56 NGC 57

PGC	PGC 974 PGC 975 PGC 976 PGC 977 PGC 978 PGC 979 PGC 980 PGC 981 PGC 982

UGC	UGC 136 UGC 137 UGC 138 UGC 139 UGC 140 UGC 141 UGC 142 UGC 143 UGC 144

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