NGC 1274
| Galaxy NGC 1274 |
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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 40.5 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 32 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.021391 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6413 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(291 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.2 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1875 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1274 • PGC 12413 • CGCG 540-102 • MCG + 07-07-062 • 2MASX J03194053 + 4132550 • GALEX ASC J031940.38 + 413255.4 • LDCE 224 NED198 | |
NGC 1274 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 291 million light years from the Milky Way , about 70,000 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 1273 , NGC 1275 , NGC 1277 , NGC 1278 .
The object was discovered on December 4, 1875 by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse .
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