NGC 2212

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Galaxy
NGC 2212
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NGC 2211 (m) & NGC 2212 (ro) [1] DSS2 image
NGC 2211 (m) & NGC 2212 (ro) DSS2 image
AladinLite
Constellation Big dog
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 18 m 35.76 s
declination -18 ° 31 ′ 10.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) 0 +  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 136 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.006738 ± 0.000037  
Radial velocity 2020 ± 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(83 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(25.4 ± 1.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date December 11, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  2212 • PGC  18796 • ESO  556-14 • MCG  -03-16-022 • 2MASX  J06183576-1831099 • SGC  061624-1829.9 • HIPASS  J0618-18 • WISEA J061835.77-183110.2

NGC 2212 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Great Dog south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 83 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 2211 .

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on December 11, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2212
  4. ↑ Seligman