IC 1212
| Galaxy IC 1212 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 15 m 30.7 s |
| declination | + 64 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032399 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9713 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(442 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.5 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 22, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1212 • PGC 57633 • CGCG 320-016 • 2MASX J16153078 + 6413302 • LDCE 1177 NED003 | |
IC 1212 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 442 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6111 and NGC 6135 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 22, 1889 .