NGC 4212
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ngc-4212-180-8880406
title:
NGC 4212
text:
NGC 4212 is a flocculent spiral galaxy with LINER activity located about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784, and was listed in the NGC catalog as NGC 4208. He then observed the same galaxy and listed it as NGC 4212. Astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer later concluded that NGC 4208 was identical to NGC 4212. NGC 4212 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4212
date created:
2018-08-12T04:26:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T12:52:28Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1109859","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1109859"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/SDSS_NGC_4212.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16