NGC 1260

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Galaxy
NGC 1260
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Image of the center by the Hubble Space Telescope
Image of the center by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Perseus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 17 m 27.2 s
declination + 41 ° 24 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a: / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 86 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 426
WBL 097-006  
Redshift 0.019190 ± 0.000047  
Radial velocity 5753 ± 14 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(262 ± 18)  ·  10 6  ly
(80.2 ± 5.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date October 19, 1884
Catalog names
NGC  1260 • UGC  2634 • PGC  12219 • CGCG  540-081 • MCG  + 07-07-047 • IRAS  03141 + 4113 • 2MASX  J03172720 + 4124184 • GALEX ASC J031727.26 + 412419.2 • LDCE 224 NED165

NGC 1260 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 262 million light years from the Milky Way , about 85,000 light years in diameter, and is a member of the Perseus galaxy cluster Abell 426 . Together with PGC 12230 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies NGC 1259 , NGC 1264 , NGC 1267 , IC 310 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The type IIn supernova SN 2006gy was discovered here on September 16, 2006, one of the brightest supernovae ever observed (about 100 times stronger than a normal supernova).

The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on October 19, 1884 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 1260
  3. ↑ a b Wolfgang Steinicke: Observing and Cataloging Nebulae and Star Clusters From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalog . Cambridge University Press, 2010, ISBN 1-139-49010-9 , pp. 424 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Nathan Smith, Weidong Li et al. a .: SN 2006gy: Discovery of the Most Luminous Supernova Ever Recorded, Powered by the Death of an Extremely Massive Star like η Carinae. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 666, 2007, p. 1116, doi : 10.1086 / 519949 .
  5. ↑ R. Ouyed, M. Kostka et al. a .: Quark nova imprint in the extreme supernova explosion SN 2006gy. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423, 2012, p. 1652, doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-2966.2012.20986.x .
  6. ↑ NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever: NASA - NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever , accessed December 3, 2018
  7. ↑ Simbad
  8. ^ Website of Professor of Astronomy & Author Courtney Seligman