NGC 52

NGC 52
NGC 52 and nearby PGC 1563523 (lower right) as seen on legacy survey
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	00h 14m 40.2s [1]
Declination	+18° 34′ 48″ [1]
Redshift	0.017986
Heliocentric 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.

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Pegasus (constellation)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 52 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 52 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS