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Q496348

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spiral galaxy in the constellation Perseus

Key facts

Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
03 17 27.2
Declination
+41 ° 24 ′ 19 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5753 ± 14 km/s
Distance
250 ± 1.6 M ly , (76.7 ± 0.5 M pc )
Type
S0/a
Apparent size v
1.1 ′ × 0.5 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
75.00
Image
SN2006gy.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 239373237671443328
Commons category
NGC 1260
time of discovery or invention
1884-10-19
redshift
0.018783
galaxy morphological type
S0a
apparent magnitude
12.191
right ascension
49.36345570181100
declination
41.40513625500940
radial velocity
5631
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NGC 1260 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy located 250 million light years away from earth in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 19 October 1884. NGC 1260 is a member of the Perseus Cluster and forms a tight pair with the galaxy PGC 12230. This galaxy is dominated by a population of many old stars.

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