IC 5152

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title: "IC 5152" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["irregular-galaxies", "local-group", "field-galaxies", "ic-objects", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects", "indus-(constellation)", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-1908"] description: "Irregular galaxy in the constellation Indus" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_5152" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irregular galaxy in the constellation Indus ::

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Field	Value
name	IC 5152
image	IC 5152 HST.png
image_size	250px
caption	IC 5152 by the Hubble Space Telescope
epoch	J2000
constellation name	Indus
ra
dec
z	0.000407{{cite web
url	http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=IC+5152&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES
title	NED results for object IC 5152
accessdate	30 November 2016
publisher	National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center }}
h_radial_v	122 km/s
dist_ly	5.87 ± 1.22 Mly
(1.801 ± 0.374 Mpc)
type	IA(s)m
appmag_v	10.6{{cite web
url	http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/i5152.html
title	IC 5152
accessdate	30 November 2016 }}
size_v	4.9' x 2.8'
names	AM 2159-513, ESO 237-27, IRAS 21594-5132, PGC 67908, 2MASX J22024152-5117471
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| name = IC 5152 | image = IC 5152 HST.png | image_size = 250px | caption = IC 5152 by the Hubble Space Telescope | credit = | epoch = J2000 | constellation name = Indus | ra =
| dec = | z = 0.000407{{cite web |url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=IC+5152&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES |title=NED results for object IC 5152 |accessdate=30 November 2016 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center }} | h_radial_v = 122 km/s | dist_ly = 5.87 ± 1.22 Mly (1.801 ± 0.374 Mpc) | type = IA(s)m | appmag_v = 10.6{{cite web | url = http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/i5152.html | title = IC 5152 | accessdate = 30 November 2016 }} | size_v = 4.9' x 2.8' | names = AM 2159-513, ESO 237-27, IRAS 21594-5132, PGC 67908, 2MASX J22024152-5117471 IC 5152 is an irregular galaxy 5.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Indus. It was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1908. It is an open question as to whether it is an outlying member of the Local Group. It is one of the easiest galaxies to resolve into stars, but there is a bright (magnitude 7.7) foreground star (HD 209142) right in front of it that makes deep observations difficult.{{Cite journal | author1 = Ziljstra, A. A. | author2=Minniti, Dante | title = A Dwarf Irregular Galaxy at the Edge of the Local Group: Stellar Populations and Distance of IC 5152 | journal = Astronomical Journal | volume = 117| issue =4| pages = 1743–1757| date = April 1999 | doi =10.1086/300802 | bibcode=1999AJ....117.1743Z|arxiv = astro-ph/9812330 | s2cid=14737502

Image gallery

File:IC 5152 imaged by Legacy Surveys.jpg|IC 5152 imaged by Legacy Surveys

References

References

1. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal.

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