Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
| NGC 6212 |
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 NGC 6212 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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| Constellation | Hercules |
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| Right ascension | 16h 43m 23.1s[1] |
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| Declination | +39° 48′ 23″[1] |
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| Redshift | 0.030281±0.000080[1] |
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| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9078±24 km/s[1] |
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| Galactocentric velocity | 9242±25 km/s[1] |
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| Apparent magnitude (V) | 17.595 +/- 0.040 |
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| Absolute magnitude (V) | -17.93 +/- 0.50 |
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| Characteristics |
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| Type | Sb |
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| Apparent size (V) | 0.60′ × 0.4′[2] |
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| Other designations |
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| MCG 7-34-142, ZWG 224.96, PGC 58840 |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/ |
NGC 6212 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as Sb in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 26 July 1870.[3] NGC 6212 is located at about 397 million light years from Earth.[1][2]
See also
- List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Object No. 1 - NGC 6212". NASA/IPAC extragalactic database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6212". Seds. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "NGC 6212 (= PGC 58840)". cseligman. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
External links
Media related to NGC 6212 at Wikimedia Commons
Astronomical catalogs
| NGC | - NGC 6207
- NGC 6208
- NGC 6209
- NGC 6210
- NGC 6211
- NGC 6212
- NGC 6213
- NGC 6214
- NGC 6215
- NGC 6216
- NGC 6217
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| PGC | - PGC 58836
- PGC 58837
- PGC 58838
- PGC 58839
- PGC 58840
- PGC 58841
- PGC 58842
- PGC 58843
- PGC 58844
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