NGC 1272
| Galaxy NGC 1272 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 19 m 21.3 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 29 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426? |
| Redshift | 0.012725 +/- 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 3815 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(175 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.7 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1272 • UGC 02662 • PGC 12384 • CGCG 540-098 • MCG + 07-07-058 • 2MASX J03192129 + 4129261 • LDCE 224 NED192 | |
NGC 1272 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Perseus the northern sky . It is an estimated 175 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 110,000 ly, and is a member of the Perseus cluster Abell 426 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1270 , NGC 1273 , NGC 1274 , NGC 1275 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863 .
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