NGC 12

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 12

| image =NGC12 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = NGC 12 Sloan Digital Sky Survey

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|00|08|44.752}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+04|36|45.12}}

| z = 0.013049

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|3886 ± 42 km/s}}

| dist_ly =183 Mly

| type = SAB(rs)c:{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2012&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0012 (NGC 12)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| appmag_v = 13.18{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2012|title=Search specification: NGC 12|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| appmag_b = 13.84

| size_v =1.7{{prime}} × 1.35{{prime}}

| notes =

| names ={{odlist|UGC=74|PGC=645|MCG=+01-01-040}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 12|access-date=17 January 2017}}

}}

NGC 12 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 6, 1790.{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 12 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#12 |website=Celestial Atlas |access-date=6 November 2018}}