Key facts
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Right ascension
- 16 43 23.1
- Declination
- +39 ° 48 ′ 23 ″
- Redshift
- 0.030 281 ± 0.000 080
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 9078 ± 24 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 9242 ± 25 km/s
- Apparent magnitude v
- 17.595 +/- 0.040
- Absolute magnitude v
- -17.93 +/- 0.50
- Type
- Sb
- Apparent size v
- 0.60 ′ × 0.4 ′
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- Distance from Earth
- 129.98
- Image
- NGC 6212 hst 05479 606.png
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- galaxy morphological type
- E/S0
- Commons category
- NGC 6212
- time of discovery or invention
- 1870-00-00
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 1355743883392296832
- right ascension
- 250.84641215299530
- redshift
- 0.030
- declination
- 39.80644537580760
- apparent magnitude
- 13.025
- radial velocity
- 8911
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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.
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