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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 812 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation, an estimated 175 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] NGC 812 was discovered on December 11, 1876 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.[5][6][4]
NGC 812 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 02h 06m 51.497s[1] |
Declination | +44° 34′ 22.48″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017469[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5191 km/s[2] |
Distance | 174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.8[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S pec[4] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1598, MCG +07-05-014, PGC 8066[2] |
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 812: SN 2010jj (type IIn, mag. 17)[7] and SN 2020udy (type Iax[02cx-like], mag. 19.6)[8]
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