Astronomy:NGC 7812

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
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Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSculptor
Right ascension 00h 02m 54.460s[1]
Declination−34° 14′ 08.40″[1]
Redshift0.022799[2]
Helio radial velocity6757 ± 19 km/s[2]
Distance314.2 ± 22.0 Mly (96.33 ± 6.76 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.99[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)b:[3]
Other designations
MCG-06-01-016, PGC 195[2]

NGC 7812 (also known PGC 195) as is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor.[5] The galaxy was discovered on 25 September 1865 by Sir John Hershel. At its widest, it measures approximately 100-thousand light years (30660 parsecs) across, and is 315 million light years away from Earth.[6]

See also

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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 7812". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+7812. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 7812 (NGC 7812)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%207812&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-21. 
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 7812". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%207812. Retrieved 2021-02-21. 
  5. ↑ "NGC 7812 Facts" (in en). https://www.universeguide.com/galaxy/ngc7812. 
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 - 7840". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc78.htm. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 00h 02m 54.460s, −34° 14′ 08.40″




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