NGC 512
| Galaxy NGC 512 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 23 m 59.8 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 54 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 507 group LGG 26 WBL 40 |
| Redshift | 0.016201 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4857 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.5 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 512 • UGC 944 • PGC 5132 • CGCG 521-18 • MCG + 06-04-013 • IRAS F01211 + 3338 • 2MASX J01235976 + 3354281 • GC 296 • h 110 • GALEX ASC J012359.83 + 335428.4 • LDCE 74 NED076 | |
NGC 512 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 223 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 496 , NGC 513 , NGC 523 , NGC 537 .
The object was discovered on November 17, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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Individual evidence