NGC 12

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

NGC 12 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790. The galaxy's magnitude is around 14.5, but have a very low surface brightness.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "NGC 12". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 12". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 6 November 2018.