Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy1
- Redshift
- z = 0.0072143288495523095
- Coordinates
- RA 49.0032° · Dec -2.4272°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 03 16 00.7
- Declination
- −02 ° 25 ′ 38 ″
- Redshift
- 0.007238 ± 0.000017
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2170 ± 5 km s
- Distance
- 29.9 Mpc
- Type
- S0
- Half light radius physical
- 2.96 kpc
- Half light radius apparent
- 20.4"
- Notable features
- AGN , molecular outflow, suppressed SFR
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Distance from Earth
- 30.9
- Image
- NGC 1266SST.jpg
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- catalog code
- RX J0316.0-0226
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-09-20
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- Commons category
- NGC 1266
- apparent magnitude
- 9.479
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- right ascension
- 49.0031200
- declination
- -2.4273700
- radial velocity
- 2155
- redshift
- 0.007318
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1266 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. Although not currently starbursting, it has undergone a period of intense star formation in the recent past, ceasing only ≈500 Myr ago. The galaxy is host to an obscured active galactic nucleus.
A massive molecular outflow, with 2.4 × 10 M
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