NGC 12
| NGC 12 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 12 Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 00h 08m 44.752s[1] |
| Declination | +04° 36′ 45.12″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.013049[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3886 ± 42 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 183 Mly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.18[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.84[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c:[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.7′ × 1.35′[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 74, MCG +01-01-040, PGC 645[2] | |
NGC 12 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790.[5] The galaxy's magnitude is around 14.5, but have a very low surface brightness.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
- 1 2 3 "NGC 12". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 12". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0012 (NGC 12)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 12". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
External links
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Media related to NGC 12 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 12 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
