Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 01 23 59.8
- Declination
- +33 ° 23 ′ 59.8 ″
- Redshift
- 0.016175 ± 0.000107
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- (4810 ± 32) km/s
- Distance
- 217 Mly
- Type
- Sab
- Apparent size v
- 1.6' × 0.4'
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NGC 512, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5132 or UGC 944, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It is located approximately 217 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 17 November 1827 by astronomer John Herschel.
Observation history