NGC 7012

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NGC 7012
NGC 7012 close up with 5 Galaxies.jpg
In this picture by the 2MASS survey, NGC 7012 is surrounded by 3 smaller galaxies. The star TYC 7977-850-1 is also visible at the lower right.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 21h 06m 45.5s [1]
Declination −44° 48′ 53″ [1]
Redshift 0.029347 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8,798 km/s [1]
Distance 381,654,000 ly
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.65 [1]
Characteristics
Type E4 pec [1]
Apparent size  (V)2.5 x 1.4 [1]
Other designations
ESO 286-51, AM 2103-450, PGC 66116 [1]

NGC 7012 is a large, bright [2] elliptical galaxy located about 380 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Microscopium. [3] [4] NGC 7012 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 1, 1834. [5]

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Abell S0921

NGC 7012 is the brightest member in the center of a small compact group of interacting galaxies [6] known as Abell S0921. [7] Due to it also being the dominant member of the group, NGC 7012 is classified as a Cd galaxy. [8] The group has about seven major galaxies with many other more distant, fainter galaxies that are probably also associated. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7012. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  2. 1 2 "NGC/IC Project Restoration Efforts". www.ngcicproject.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7012 Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  6. ↑ "ACO S 921". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  7. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  8. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-14.


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