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NGC 6212

NGC 6212 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as Sb in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 26 July 1870. NGC 6212 is located at about 397 million light years from Earth.

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References

  1. ^ "Object No. 1 - NGC 6212". NASA/IPAC extragalactic database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6212". Seds. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. ^ "NGC 6212 (= PGC 58840)". cseligman. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  • Media related to NGC 6212 at Wikimedia Commons