IC 1260

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Galaxy
IC 1260
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SDSS image of IC 1258 (r.), IC 1259 (top) and IC 1260 (lu)
SDSS image of IC 1258 (r.), IC 1259 (above) and IC 1260 (lu)
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Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , 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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 1260
  3. Seligman