NGC 1260

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NGC 1260
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NGC 1260 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 03h 17m 27.2s [1]
Declination +41° 24′ 19″ [1]
Redshift 0.01919 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5753 ± 14 km/s [1]
Distance 250 ± 1.6 Mly
(76.7 ± 0.5 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.3 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0/a [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.1′ × 0.5′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 02634, PGC 012219, MCG +07-07-047 [1]

NGC 1260 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy [3] located 250 million light years away from earth in the constellation Perseus. [4] It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 19 October 1884. [5] NGC 1260 is a member of the Perseus Cluster [6] [3] and forms a tight pair with the galaxy PGC 12230. [3] This galaxy is dominated by a population of many old stars. [7]

In 2006, it was home to the second brightest supernova in the observable universe, supernova SN 2006gy. This supernova was the most energetic and brightest supernova on record so far. [8]

Supernova 2006gy imaged by the Swift spacecraft SN2006gy.jpg
Supernova 2006gy imaged by the Swift spacecraft

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1260. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 1260". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Hakobyan, A. A.; Petrosian, A. R.; McLean, B.; Kunth, D.; Allen, R. J.; Turatto, M.; Barbon, R. (24 June 2008). "Early-type galaxies with core collapse supernovae". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 488 (2): 523–531. arXiv: 0806.4269 . Bibcode:2008A&A...488..523H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809817. ISSN   0004-6361. S2CID   17273642.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1260". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 – 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Brunzendorf, J.; Meusinger, H. (1 October 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. ↑ Ofek, E. O.; Cameron, P. B.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Rau, A.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Frail, D. A.; Chandra, P.; Cenko, S. B.; Soderberg, A. M.; Immler, S. (1 April 2007). "SN 2006gy: An Extremely Luminous Supernova in the Galaxy NGC 1260". The Astrophysical Journal. 659: L13–L16. Bibcode:2007ApJ...659L..13O. doi:10.1086/516749. ISSN   0004-637X.
  8. ↑ Ker Than (7 May 2007). "Astronomers Astonished by 'Monstrous' Star Explosion". Space.com. Retrieved 26 November 2023.


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