NGC 1283
| Galaxy  NGC 1283  | 
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| Constellation | Perseus | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| 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 | 
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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 .
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