| NGC 52 | |
| Upright: | 1.35 |
| Epoch: | 2000.0 |
| Constellation Name: | Pegasus |
| Z: | 0.017986 |
| Dist Ly: | 243,000,000ly (73,000,000 Parsecs) |
| Type: | Sc |
| Size V: | 2.6' × 0.5' |
| Size: | 150,000 |
| Appmag V: | 14.6 |
| Names: | 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 |
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."
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.