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Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 912 is a compact lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 197 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.[5][6][7]
NGC 912 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 02h 25m 42.74134s[1] |
Declination | +41° 46′ 38.5794″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01470[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4375 km/s[2] |
Distance | 239.6 Mly (73.45 Mpc)[3] |
Group or cluster | Abell 347[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0-a[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG +07-06-015, PGC 9222[2] |
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