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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

NGC 812

NGC 812
All data from the card 8
Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
02h 06m 51.497s
Declination
+44° 34′ 22.48″
Redshift
0.017469
Heliocentric radial velocity
5191 km/s
Distance
174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)
12.8
Type
S pec

NGC 812 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda, an estimated 175 million light-years from the Milky Way. NGC 812 was discovered on December 11, 1876 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 812:

  • SN 2010jj (Type IIn, mag. 17) was discovered by Doug Rich on 3 November 2010.
  • SN 2020udy (Type Iax[02cx-like], mag. 19.6) was discovered by Jakob Nordin and Daniel Perley on 24 September 2020.

LGG 46 Group

It is part of a galaxy group known as LGG 46. It has at least 3 members, which are NGC 812, NGC 846 and UGC 1686.

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