Right ascension 00 14 40.2 Redshift 0.017986 Type Sc Constellation Pegasus | Declination +18° 34′ 48″ Helio radial velocity 5390 km/s Magnitude 14.6 Apparent magnitude (V) 14.6 | |
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Distance 243,000,000ly (73,000,000 Parsecs) Similar NGC 42, NGC 57, NGC 54, NGC 53, NGC 36 | ||
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."
Physical Characteristics
The galaxy is approximately 150,000 light years across. 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
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