NGC 6912
| Galaxy NGC 6912 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Capricorn |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 20 h 26 m 52.1 s |
| declination | -18 ° 37 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023244 +/- 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 6968 +/- 7 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.7 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward S. Holden |
| Discovery date | August 14, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6912 • PGC 64700 • ESO 596-038 • MCG -03-52-008 • IRAS 20240-1846 • 2MASX J20265207-1837022 • SGC 202400-1846.9 • LEDA 64700 | |
NGC 6912 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Capricornus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 315 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1319 and IC 1321 .
The type Ic supernova SN 2009dp was observed here.
The object was discovered on August 14, 1881 by Edward Singleton Holden .