NGC 1281

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NGC 1281
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A near-infrared image of NGC 1281.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 03h 20m 06.1s [1]
Declination 41° 37′ 48″ [1]
Redshift 0.014343 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4300 km/s [1]
Distance 195.7 ± 3.3  Mly (60 ± 1  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster Perseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.5 [1]
Characteristics
Type E5 [1]
Mass/Light ratio 1.7 [3]   M☉/L☉
Size~17,000  ly (5.2  kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size  (V)1.0 x 0.7 [1]
Half-light radius  (physical)~4,200  ly (1.3  kpc) (estimated) [3]
Other designations
CGCG 540-108, MCG 7-7-67, PGC 12458 [1]

NGC 1281 is a compact [3] elliptical galaxy [4] located about 200 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Perseus. [5] NGC 1281 was discovered by astronomer John Dreyer on December 12, 1876. [6] It is a member of the Perseus Cluster. [7] [6]

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Like NGC 1277 and NGC 1271, NGC 1281 is a candidate "relic galaxy". [8]

Supermassive black hole

The supermassive black hole in NGC 1281 has an estimated mass of about 10 billion solar masses (1010 M☉). [3] However, Anna Ferré-Mateu et al. estimated the black hole has a mass of no more than 5 billion solar masses. [8]

See also

Notes

1. ^ This value was determined by using the given half-light radius.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1281. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  2. ↑ Yıldırım, Akın; Bosch, Van Den; E, Remco C.; van de Ven, Glenn; Martín-Navarro, Ignacio; Walsh, Jonelle L.; Husemann, Bernd; Gültekin, Kayhan; Gebhardt, Karl (2017-07-11). "The structural and dynamical properties of compact elliptical galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 468 (4): 4216–4245. arXiv: 1701.05898 . Bibcode:2017MNRAS.468.4216Y. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx732 . ISSN   0035-8711.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Yıldırım, Akın; Bosch, Van Den; E, Remco C.; van de Ven, Glenn; Dutton, Aaron; Läsker, Ronald; Husemann, Bernd; Walsh, Jonelle L.; Gebhardt, Karl (2016-02-11). "The massive dark halo of the compact early-type galaxy NGC 1281". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (1): 538–553. arXiv: 1511.03131 . Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456..538Y. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2665 . ISSN   0035-8711.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1281". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  6. 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 Ferré-Mateu, Anna; Mezcua, Mar; Trujillo, Ignacio; Balcells, Marc; Bosch, Remco C. E. van den (2015-07-21). "Massive Relic Galaxies Challenge the Co-Evolution of Super-Massive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 808 (1): 79. arXiv: 1506.02663 . Bibcode:2015ApJ...808...79F. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/808/1/79. ISSN   1538-4357. S2CID   118777377.
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