NGC 912

{{short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 912

| image = 250px

| caption = Pan-STARRS image of NGC 912

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|02|25|42.74134}}{{cite DR2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+41|46|38.5794}}

| z = 0.01470

| h_radial_v = 4375 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|73.45|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}

| group_cluster = Abell 347

| type = S0-a{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20912|title=Search specification: NGC 912|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|access-date=2020-05-25}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 15.0

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|MCG=+07-06-015|PGC=9222}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 912|access-date=2020-05-25}}

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC912|title=The galaxy NGC 912 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+912&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC912|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 912|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-23}}

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