NGC 4212

NGC 4212 is a flocculent^[2] spiral galaxy^[3] with LINER activity^[4][3] located about 53 million light-years away^[5] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[6] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784, and was listed in the NGC catalog as NGC 4208. He then observed the same galaxy and listed it as NGC 4212.^[7] Astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer later concluded that NGC 4208 was identical to NGC 4212.^[8][7] NGC 4212 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.^[9][10][11]

NGC 4212
SDSS image of NGC 4212.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 15m 39.3s[1]
Declination	13° 54′ 05″[1]
Redshift	-0.000270 (minus sign indicates blueshift)[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	-81 km/s[1]
Distance	53 Mly (16.4 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.83[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAc, LINER[1]
Size	~55,000 ly (17 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.2 x 1.9[1]
Other designations
NGC 4208, CGCG 69-110, IRAS 12130+1411, MCG 2-31-70, PGC 39224, UGC 7275, VCC 157[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4414
• NGC 4051 - similar looking galaxy

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4212. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
2. Kuno, Nario; Sato, Naoko; Nakanishi, Hiroyuki; Hirota, Akihiko; Tosaki, Tomoka; Shioya, Yasuhiro; Sorai, Kazuo; Nakai, Naomasa; Nishiyama, Kota (2007-02-25). "Nobeyama CO Atlas of Nearby Spiral Galaxies: Distribution of Molecular Gas in Barred and Nonbarred Spiral Galaxies". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 59 (1): 117–166. arXiv:0705.2678. Bibcode:2007PASJ...59..117K. doi:10.1093/pasj/59.1.117. ISSN 0004-6264. S2CID 14076941.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
4. Decarli, R.; Gavazzi, G.; Arosio, I.; Cortese, L.; Boselli, A.; Bonfanti, C.; Colpi, M. (2007-10-11). "The census of nuclear activity of late-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 381 (1): 136–150. arXiv:0707.0999. Bibcode:2007MNRAS.381..136D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12208.x. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 14937210.
5. "NED Query Results for NGC 4208". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4212". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
7. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4200 - 4249". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
8. Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8.
9. Binggeli, B.; Sandage, A.; Tammann, G. A. (September 1985). "Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 90: 1681. Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.1681B. doi:10.1086/113874. ISSN 0004-6256.
10. C., Kraan-Korteweg, R. (March 1982). "A complete sample of Virgo cluster galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 47: 505. Bibcode:1982A&AS...47..505K. ISSN 0365-0138.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
11. R. B. Tully (1988). Nearby Galaxies Catalog. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35299-4.

External links

• NGC 4212 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images