* Astronomy

NGC 52 (also IRAS 00120+1818, MCG 3-1-30, UGC 140 and PGC 978) is a magnitude +13.4 edge-on spiral galaxy located 248 ±17 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough, Berkshire on the 18th September 1784.

Right Ascension 00h 14m 40.2s, Declination +18° 34' 48"

NGC 52 is approximately 150,000 light years across. The galaxy also has a satellite elliptical galaxy called PGC 1563523.
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