NGC 1260
Galaxy in the constellation Perseus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Observation data (J2000 epoch), Constellation ...
NGC 1260 | |
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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] |
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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]