NGC 912
| Galaxy NGC 912 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 25 m 42.7 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 46 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.014700 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 4407 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.1 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 912 • PGC 9222 • CGCG 539-020 • MCG + 07-06-015 • 2MASX J02254278 + 4146385 • LEDA 9222 • LDCE 224 NED022 | |
NGC 912 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 203 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 909 , NGC 910 , NGC 911 , NGC 913 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 30, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
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