IC 1260
| Galaxy IC 1260 |
|
|---|---|
.jpg)
|
|
| SDSS image of IC 1258 (r.), IC 1259 (above) and IC 1260 (lu) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 17 h 27 m 17.4 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 29 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026129 +/- 0.000094 |
| Radial velocity | 7833 +/- 28 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(359 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.0 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1260 • UGC 10867 • PGC 60324 • CGCG 300-032 • MCG + 10-25-040 • Arp part of 311 • | |
IC 1260 is a lenticular galaxy in the Dragon constellation in the northern sky , an estimated 359 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with the galaxies IC 1259 and IC 1258 , it forms the galaxy triplet Arp 311 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy triplet belongs to the class of galaxy groups .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 15, 1890 .
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide " , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7