NGC 1259
| Galaxy NGC 1259 |
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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 17 m 17.3 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 23 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 421 |
| Redshift | 0.019400 |
| Radial velocity | 5816 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.1 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1259 • PGC 12208 • MCG + 07-07-046 • 2MASX J03171730 + 4123072 • GALEX ASC J031717.27 + 412307.9 • LDCE 224 NED164 | |
NGC 1259, a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 265 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1260 , NGC 1264 , IC 308 , IC 310 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2008L was observed here.
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on October 21, 1884 .
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