NGC 1282

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Galaxy
NGC 1282
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 20 m 12.1 s
declination + 41 ° 22 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 25 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 426?  
Redshift 0.007135 +/- 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2139 +/- 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(100 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(30.7 ± 2.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date October 23, 1884
Catalog names
NGC  1282 • UGC  2675 • PGC  12471 • CGCG  540-109 • MCG  + 07-07-068 • 2MASX  J03201214 + 4122012 •

NGC 1282 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years from the Milky Way , about 35,000 ly in diameter, and is considered a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1275 , NGC 1278 , NGC 1279 , NGC 1283 .

The object was discovered on October 23, 1884 by the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1282  - 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 1282
  3. Seligman