NGC 6212 (also MCG 7-34-142 and PGC 58840) is a magnitude +14.2 compact galaxy located 417 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. NGC 6212 has a type-1 Seyfert nucleus.
The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) Foucault reflector (silvered-glass mirror) at the Marseille Observatory on the 26th July 1870.
Right Ascension 16h 43m 23.2s, Declination +39° 48' 26"
