NGC 1282

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NGC 1282
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A near-infrared image of NGC 1282.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 03h 20m 12.1s [1]
Declination 41° 22′ 01″ [1]
Redshift 0.007135 [1]
Helio radial velocity 2,139 km/s [1]
Distance 230  Mly (70  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster Perseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.87 [1]
Characteristics
Type E [1]
Size~115,000  ly (35.3  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.4 x 1.1 [1]
Other designations
CGCG 540-109, MCG 7-7-68, PGC 12471, UGC 2675 [1]

NGC 1282 is an elliptical galaxy [2] located about 230 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Perseus. [4] It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on October 23, 1884. [5] NGC 1282 is a member of the Perseus Cluster. [5] [6]

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A type Ia supernova designated as SN 2008fh was detected near NGC 1282 [7] on either July 30, [7] [8] or August 30, 2008. [9] [10] Oddly, though, the supernova was not associated with the galaxy. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1282. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  3. ↑ "NED Query Results for NGC 1282". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1282". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  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. 1 2 "Bright Supernovae - 2008". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  8. 1 2 "ATel #1690: Discovery of a probably sub-luminous type Ia supernova ROTSE3 J032048.6+412145". ATel. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  9. ↑ "SN 2008fh | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  10. ↑ "2008fh - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2018-07-07.


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