NGC 912

NGC 912 is a compact lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 197 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.[5][6][7]

NGC 912
DSS image of NGC 912
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 02h 25m 42.74134s[1]
Declination+41° 46′ 38.5794″[1]
Redshift0.01470[2]
Helio radial velocity4375 km/s[2]
Distance239.6 Mly (73.45 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterAbell 347[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0-a[4]
Other designations
MCG+07-06-015, PGC 9222[2]

See also

References
  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. "NGC 912". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 912". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 912 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  7. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 912". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
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