NGC 1270 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 1270. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 18m 58.1s [1] |
Declination | 41° 28′ 12″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.016561 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4965 km/s [1] |
Distance | 250 Mly (78 Mpc) [1] |
Group or cluster | Perseus Cluster |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.26 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E [1] |
Size | ~139,400 ly (42.75 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.5 x 1.2 [1] |
Other designations | |
CGCG 540-95, MCG 7-7-57, PGC 12350, UGC 2660 [1] |
NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Perseus. [3] It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863. [4] NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster [5] [4] and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years. [6] However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy. [7]
NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole [8] with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses (12×109 M☉). [9]
Spectroscopy of NGC 1270 suggests that the galaxy contains a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN). [10]
NGC 1270 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 1270. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 18m 58.1s [1] |
Declination | 41° 28′ 12″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.016561 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4965 km/s [1] |
Distance | 250 Mly (78 Mpc) [1] |
Group or cluster | Perseus Cluster |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.26 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E [1] |
Size | ~139,400 ly (42.75 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.5 x 1.2 [1] |
Other designations | |
CGCG 540-95, MCG 7-7-57, PGC 12350, UGC 2660 [1] |
NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Perseus. [3] It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863. [4] NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster [5] [4] and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years. [6] However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy. [7]
NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole [8] with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses (12×109 M☉). [9]
Spectroscopy of NGC 1270 suggests that the galaxy contains a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN). [10]