NGC 12

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NGC 12
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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]
Helio 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]

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  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 12". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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  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.


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