IC 5152 (original) (raw)

_Irregular Galaxy IC 5152_in Indus

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Discovered 1899 by Delisle Stewart.

This object was discovered in September 1899 by Delisle Steward according to Pickering (1908). IC 5152 is a relatively nearby dwarf galaxy, either another outlying member galaxy of the Local Group, or just beyond the outlayers of our group of galaxies. In the latter case, it lies in the almost empty space between the Local Group and the Sculptor Group of Galaxies. It was first considered a Local Group member candidate byYahil et.al. (1977). Previous distance estimates had positioned it at a distance of about 2 or 3 million light-years, well within the Local Group, but more recent and presumably more acurate detreminations have put it out to 5.8 million light-years, to or beyond the fringes of the Group. This dwarf irregular galaxy is receding from us at only 30 km/s, an argument for a possible group membership..

The image in this page was obtained by David Malin with the Anglo-Australian Telescope. This image is copyrighted by the Australian Astronomical Observatory; see theirusage policy.

• More information on this image (David Malin)
• NED data of IC 5152
• SIMBAD Data of IC 5152
• Publications on IC 5152 (NASA ADS)
• NGC Online data for IC 5152
  References
• Edward C. Pickering, 1908. Nebulae discovered at Harvard Observatory. Annals of the Harvard Observatory, Vol. 60, pp. 147-194 [ADS: 1908AnHar..60..147P]
• A. Yahil, G.A. Tammann, and Allen Sandage, 1977. The Local Group: The Solar Motion Relative to its Centroid. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 217, pp. 903-915 (Nov 1, 1977) [ADS: 1977ApJ...217..903Y]

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