Astronomy:NGC 812

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 812
NGC 0812 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 812
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 02h 06m 51.497s[1]
Declination+44° 34′ 22.48″[1]
Redshift0.017469[2]
Helio radial velocity5191 km/s[2]
Distance174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.8[2]
Characteristics
TypeS pec[4]
Other designations
UGC 1598, MCG+07-05-014, PGC 8066[2]

NGC 812 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation, an estimated 175 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] NGC 812 was discovered on December 11, 1876 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.[5][6][4]

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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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 812". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+812. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Results for object NGC 0812 (NGC 812)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20812&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 812 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC812. 
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 812". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20812.