NGC 6212

NGC 6212
NGC 6212 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension	16^h 43^m 23.1^s
Declination	+39° 48′ 23″
Redshift	6998302810000000000♠0.030281±0.000080
Helio radial velocity	7006907800000000000♠9078±24 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	7006924200000000000♠9242±25 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	17.595 +/- 0.040
Absolute magnitude (V)	-17.93 +/- 0.50
Characteristics
Type	Sb
Apparent size (V)	0.60′ × 0.4′
Other designations
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. NGC 6212 is located at about 397 million light years from earth.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Object No. 1 - NGC 6212". NASA/IPAC extragalactic database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6212". Seds. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
↑ "NGC 6212 (= PGC 58840)". cseligman. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

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

PGC	PGC 58836 PGC 58837 PGC 58838 PGC 58839 PGC 58840 PGC 58841 PGC 58842 PGC 58843 PGC 58844

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