NGC 7212
| Galaxy NGC 7212 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 07 m 01.3 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 13 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab: / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026632 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 7984 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(365 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.8 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 7212 • UGC 11910 • PGC 68065 • CGCG 428-032 • IRAS 22045 + 0959 • 2MASX J22070199 + 1014004 • NVSS J220702 + 101402 | |
NGC 7212 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 365 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 5161 .
The object was discovered on October 2, 1886 by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift with his 16-inch telescope and was later added to his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
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