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]
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. "NGC 52 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy". Retrieved 2013-08-14.
2. "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: 00^h 14^m 40.2^s, +18° 34′ 48″