Astronomy:NGC 12

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 12
NGC12 - SDSS DR14.jpg
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 08m 44.752s[1]
Declination+04° 36′ 45.12″[1]
Redshift0.013049[2]
Helio radial velocity3886 ± 42 km/s[2]
Distance183 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.18[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.84[3]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c:[4]
Apparent size (V)1.7 × 1.35[5]
Other designations
UGC 74, MCG+01-01-040, PGC 645[2]

NGC 12 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 12". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+12. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Search specification: NGC 12". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2012. Retrieved 2021-02-10. 
  4. "Results for object NGC 0012 (NGC 12)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2012&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-10. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 12". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#12. 

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