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]
| 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] |
| Heliocentric 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] | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 912". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 912". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 912 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 912". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
External links
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