NGC 12

NGC 12 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790.[5]

NGC 12
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension00h 08m 44.752s[1]
Declination+04° 36 45.12[1]
Redshift0.013049[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity3886 ± 42 km/s[2]
Distance183 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.18[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.84[3]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c:[4]
Apparent size (V)1.7 × 1.35[5]
Other designations
UGC 74, MCG +01-01-040, PGC 645[2]

References

  1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. "NGC 12". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. "Search specification: NGC 12". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. "Results for object NGC 0012 (NGC 12)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 12". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 6 November 2018.


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