NGC 1259

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NGC 1259
SDSS NGC 1259.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 1259.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 03h 17m 17.3s [1]
Declination 41° 23′ 08″ [1]
Redshift 0.019400 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5816 km/s [1]
Distance 243  Mly (74.4  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Perseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)16 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Size~83,400  ly (25.58  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.7 x 0.4 [1]
Other designations
MCG 7-7-46, PGC 12208 [1]

NGC 1259 is a lenticular galaxy [2] located about 243 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Perseus. [4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on October 21, 1884 [5] and is a member of the Perseus Cluster. [6] [5]

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A type Ia supernova designated as SN 2008L was discovered in NGC 1259 on January 14, 2008. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1259. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ↑ "NED Query Results for NGC 1259". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1259". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  7. ↑ "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  8. ↑ "2008L - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  9. ↑ "SN 2008L | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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