NGC 1283

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Galaxy
NGC 1283
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 20 m 15.5 s
declination + 41 ° 23 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 73 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 426
WBL 97  
Redshift 0.022439 ± 0.000183  
Radial velocity 6727 ± 55 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(305 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(93.5 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date October 23, 1884
Catalog names
NGC  1283 • UGC  2676 • PGC  12478 • CGCG  540-110 • MCG  + 07-07-069 • 2MASX  J03201552 + 4123552 • GALEX ASC J032015.55 + 412355.4 • LDCE 224 NED210

NGC 1283 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Perseus the northern sky . It is an estimated 305 million light years away from the Milky Way , about 60,000 light years in diameter, and is 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 1282 .

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

Web links

Commons : NGC 1283  - 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 1283
  3. Seligman