NGC 1278
| Galaxy NGC 1278 / IC 1907 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 19 m 54.1 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 33 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.020314 +/- 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 6090 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(277 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.8 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1278 • IC 1907 • UGC 2670 • PGC 12438 • CGCG 540-105 • MCG + 07-07-065 • 2MASX J03195416 + 4133482 • LDCE 224 NED205 | |
NGC 1278 = IC 1907 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 277 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 115,000 ly, and is a member of the Perseus cluster Abell 426 .
The galaxies NGC 1274 , NGC 1275 , NGC 1277 , NGC 1281 lie in the same region of the sky .
The object was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on February 14, 1863 with the help of his 18.7 inch telescope and was later listed in the New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer . Guillaume Bigourdan rediscovered the object on October 22, 1884, and it was recorded in the index catalog as IC 1907 .
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