NGC 1271
| Galaxy NGC 1271 |
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| High-resolution image of the center of NGC 1271, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 19 m 11.3 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 21 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.019183 +/- 0.000237 |
| Radial velocity | 5751 +/- 71 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.2 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | November 14, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1271 • PGC 12367 • CGCG 540-096 • 2MASX J03191127 + 4121120 • GALEX ASC J031911.33 + 412110.9 • LDCE 224 NED187 | |
NGC 1271 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 262 million light years from the Milky Way , about 40,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1267 , NGC 1268 , NGC 1270 , NGC 1272 .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on November 14, 1884 .
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