NGC 1273

NGC 1273 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] located about 245 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Perseus.^[4] It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863^[5] and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.^[6][5]

NGC 1273
SDSS image of NGC 1273.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	03h 19m 26.7s[1]
Declination	41° 32′ 26″[1]
Redshift	0.017969[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5387 km/s[1]
Distance	246 Mly (75.4 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Perseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.27[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0^0(r)?[1]
Size	~95,000 ly (29 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.1 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
CGCG 540-99, MCG 7-7-59, PGC 12396[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1273. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
3. "NED Query Results for NGC 1273". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1273". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
5. "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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1273 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 1273 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images