NGC 1266

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Galaxy
NGC 1266
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NGC 1266SST.jpg
The galaxy NGC 1266 imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope .
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1266  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1266
  3. Seligman