NGC 1267

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Galaxy
NGC 1267
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NGC 1267 SDSS.jpg
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Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 18 m 44.9 s
declination + 41 ° 28 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E +  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 426  
Redshift 0.016875 ± 0.000223  
Radial velocity (5059 ± 67) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(231 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(70.7 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date February 14, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  1267 • UGC  2657 • PGC  12331 • CGCG  540-092 • MCG  + 07-07-055 • 2MASX  J03184497 + 4128041 • GALEX ASC J031844.91 + 412803.3 • LDCE 224 NED180

NGC 1267 one elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 231 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 75,000 ly, and is a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1268 , NGC 1270 , NGC 1271 , NGC 1272 .

The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1267  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1267
  3. Seligman