UGC 12682

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UGC 12682
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UGC 12682 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.[1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension 23h 34m 53.212s[2]
Declination+18° 13′ 36.804″
Redshift0.004623
Helio radial velocity1389 km/s
Distance49.2 ± 3.7 Mly (15.10 ± 1.12 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
TypeIm[3]
Size~30,400 ly (9.31 kpc) (estimated)[3]
Other designations
UCM 2332+1757, DDO 218, IRAS 23323+1757, MCG+03-60-007, PGC 71801
References: MCG

UGC 12682 is an irregular galaxy, located in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1024 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 49.2 ± 3.7 Mly (15.10 ± 1.12 Mpc).[3] In addition, one non redshift measurement gives a distance of 65 Mly (20.0 Mpc).[4] The earliest known reference to this galaxy is from the 1959 journal A Catalogue of Dwarf Galaxies by Sidney Van Den Bergh, where it is listed as DDO 218.[5]

On 7 November 2008, 14-year-old amateur astronomer Caroline Moore from Warwick, New York, became the youngest supernova discoverer at the time, when she found SN 2008ha (type Ia, mag. 18.8)[6] in UGC 12682.[1][7]

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