NGC 1212
| Galaxy NGC 1212 / IC 1883 |
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![NGC 1212 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC1212_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 1212 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 09 m 42.23 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 53 ′ 35.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019760 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 5924 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(269 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.6 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1212 • IC 1883 • UGC 2560 • PGC 11815 • 2MASX J03094220 + 4053349 • NSA 155440 • WISEA J030942.16 + 405335.1 | |
NGC 1212 = IC 1883 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 269 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 290 , IC 292 , IC 293 , IC 1884 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 18, 1884 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .