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NGC 1273

NGC 1273 is a lenticular galaxy located about 245 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863 and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.

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NGC 1273
SDSS image of NGC 1273.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPerseus
Right ascension03h 19m 26.7s1
Declination41° 32′ 26″1
Redshift0.0179691
Heliocentric radial velocity5387 km/s1
Distance246 Mly (75.4 Mpc)1
Group or clusterPerseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)14.271
Characteristics
TypeSA0^0(r)?1
Size~95,000 ly (29 kpc) (estimated)1
Apparent size (V)1.1 x 1.11
Other designations
CGCG 540-99, MCG 7-7-59, PGC 123961

NGC 1273 is a lenticular galaxy2 located about 245 million light-years away3 in the constellation Perseus.4 It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 18635 and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.65

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References

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1273. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. "NED Query Results for NGC 1273". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1273". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  6. Brunzendorf, J.; Meusinger, H. (October 1, 1999). "The galaxy cluster Abell 426 (Perseus). A catalogue of 660 galaxy positions, isophotal magnitudes and morphological types". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139 (1): 141–161. Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..141B. doi:10.1051/aas:1999111. ISSN 0365-0138.
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