NGC 2012
| Galaxy NGC 2012 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 22 m 35.1 s |
| declination | -79 ° 51 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016218 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 4862 ± 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.1 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2012 • PGC 017194 • ESO 016-005 • IRAS F05262-7953 • 2MASX J05223529-7951063 • LEDA 17194 | |
NGC 2012 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation of Table Mountain in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 209 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 3032 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 22nd, 1831 .