NGC 1266
| Galaxy NGC 1266 |
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| The galaxy NGC 1266 imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 16 m 00.77 s |
| declination | -02 ° 25 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) 0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin 2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007238 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2170 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(96 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.4 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1266 • PGC 12131 • MCG -01-09-023 • IRAS 03134-0236 • 2MASX J03160074-0225385 • GC 667 • H III 194 • USGC S119 NED01 | |
NGC 1266 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 96 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1253 , NGC 1287 , NGC 1289 .
The object was discovered on September 20, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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