NGC 1262
NGC 1262 is a barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Eridanus.[4] NGC 1262 is the most distant object in the New General Catalogue[5] lying about 1.5 billion light-years away from Earth. NGC 1262 is also a large galaxy with a diameter of about 380,000 light-years making it nearly four times larger than the Milky Way.[6] It was discovered by astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885.[3]
| NGC 1262 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 1262. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 03h 15m 33.6s[1] |
| Declination | −15° 52′ 46″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.115660[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 34674 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 1.503 Gly (461 Mpc) [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.0[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)c[1] |
| Size | ~380,000 ly (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.8 x 0.7[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 03132-1604, MCG -3-9-14, PGC 12107[1] | |
Supernova AT 2014fx in NGC 1262 was discovered by citizen scientists using the Galaxy Zoo website.[7] Its coordinates (decimal) are: ra=48.893766 dec=-15.884613.
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1262. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1262". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- "AT 2014fx". Transient Name Server. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
External links
Media related to NGC 1262 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 1262 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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