Astronomy:NGC 912
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
| NGC 912 | |
|---|---|
 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 912 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 25m 42.74134s[1] |
| Declination | +41° 46′ 38.5794″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01470[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4375 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 239.6 Mly (73.45 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 347[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+07-06-015, PGC 9222[2] | |
NGC 912 is a compact lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 197 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 912". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+912.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 912". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20912.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 912 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC912.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+912&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 912". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC912.
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