NGC 1812
| Galaxy NGC 1812 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 08 m 52.9 s |
| declination | -29 ° 15 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013059 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 3915 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.5 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 6, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1812 • PGC 16819 • ESO 422-039 • IRAS 05068-2918 • 2MASX J05085291-2915046 • SGC 050656-2918.9 • GALEX ASC J050852.88-291502.1 • LDCE 367 NED003 | |
NGC 1812 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation dove on southern sky . It is estimated to be 168 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly. It is likely to form a gravitationally bound pair of galaxies with its neighbor NGC 1811 .
The object was discovered on November 6, 1834 by John Herschel .