Astronomy:NGC 4212

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
NGC 4212
SDSS NGC 4212.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4212.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 15m 39.3s[1]
Declination13° 54′ 05″[1]
Redshift-0.000270
(minus sign
indicates blueshift)[1]
Helio radial velocity-81 km/s[1]
Distance53 Mly (16.4 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)11.83[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAc, LINER[1]
Size~55,000 ly (17 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)3.2 x 1.9[1]
Other designations
NGC 4208, CGCG 69-110, IRAS 12130+1411, MCG 2-31-70, PGC 39224, UGC 7275, VCC 157[1]

NGC 4212 is a flocculent[2] spiral galaxy[3] with LINER activity[4][3] located about 53 million light-years away[5] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[6] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784, and was listed in the NGC catalog as NGC 4208. He then observed the same galaxy and listed it as NGC 4212.[7] Astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer later concluded that NGC 4208 was identical to NGC 4212.[8][7] NGC 4212 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[9][10][11]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4212. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. Kuno, Nario; Sato, Naoko; Nakanishi, Hiroyuki; Hirota, Akihiko; Tosaki, Tomoka; Shioya, Yasuhiro; Sorai, Kazuo; Nakai, Naomasa et al. (2007-02-25). "Nobeyama CO Atlas of Nearby Spiral Galaxies: Distribution of Molecular Gas in Barred and Nonbarred Spiral Galaxies" (in en). Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 59 (1): 117–166. doi:10.1093/pasj/59.1.117. ISSN 0004-6264. Bibcode2007PASJ...59..117K. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4212&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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. 
  4. Decarli, R.; Gavazzi, G.; Arosio, I.; Cortese, L.; Boselli, A.; Bonfanti, C.; Colpi, M. (2007-10-11). "The census of nuclear activity of late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster" (in en). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 381 (1): 136–150. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12208.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2007MNRAS.381..136D. 
  5. "NED Query Results for NGC 4208" (in en-US). http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+4208. 
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4212". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4212. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4200 - 4249" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc42.htm#4208. 
  8. Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19) (in en). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA640. 
  9. Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (September 1985). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies" (in en). The Astronomical Journal 90: 1681. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode1985AJ.....90.1681B. 
  10. C., Kraan-Korteweg, R. (March 1982). "A complete sample of Virgo cluster galaxies" (in en). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 47: 505. ISSN 0365-0138. Bibcode1982A&AS...47..505K. 
  11. R. B. Tully (1988). Nearby Galaxies Catalog. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35299-4. 

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