NGC 812 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation, an estimated 175 million light-years from the Milky Way.[3] NGC 812 was discovered on December 11, 1876 by astronomer Édouard Stephan.[5][6][4]
| NGC 812 | |
|---|---|
 DSS image of NGC 812 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 06m 51.497s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 34′ 22.48″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017469[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5191 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 174.4 Mly (53.46 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S pec[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1598, MCG +07-05-014, PGC 8066[2] | |