NGC 1275

Also known as Perseus A, C 24

seyfert galaxy in the constellation Perseus

Key facts

Constellation: Perseus
Right ascension: 03 19 48.1601
Declination: +41 ° 30 ′ 42.103 ″
Redshift: 0.017 670 ± 0.000 03
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5,264 ± 11 km/s
Distance: 225.19 ± 10.29 Mly (69.044 ± 3.154 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Perseus Cluster
Type: cD ; pec ; NLRG
Size: ~295,000 ly (90.45 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.2′ × 1.7′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1275 (also known as Perseus A or Caldwell 24) is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located around 225 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Perseus. NGC 1275 is a member of the large Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 October 1786.

Properties

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1275” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.