NGC 1260

NGC 1260
NGC 1260 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPerseus
Right ascension03h 17m 27.2s
Declination+41° 24′ 19″
Redshift0.01919
Heliocentric radial velocity5753 ± 14 km/s
Distance250 ± 1.6 Mly
(76.7 ± 0.5 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)14.3
Characteristics
TypeS0/a
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 0.5′
Other designations
UGC 02634, PGC 012219, MCG +07-07-047

NGC 1260 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy located 250 million light years away from earth in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 19 October 1884. NGC 1260 is a member of the Perseus Cluster and forms a tight pair with the galaxy PGC 12230. This galaxy is dominated by a population of many old stars.

Supernova

Supernova 2006gy imaged by the Swift spacecraft

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1260. SN 2006gy (Type IIn, mag. 15) was discovered by Robert Quimby and P. Mondol on 18 September 2006. It was the brightest and most energetic supernova known at the time of its discovery.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1260. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 1260". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Hakobyan, A. A.; Petrosian, A. R.; McLean, B.; Kunth, D.; Allen, R. J.; Turatto, M.; Barbon, R. (24 June 2008). "Early-type galaxies with core collapse supernovae". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 488 (2): 523–531. arXiv:0806.4269. Bibcode:2008A&A...488..523H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809817. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 17273642.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1260". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250–1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Brunzendorf, J.; Meusinger, H. (1 October 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. ↑ Ofek, E. O.; Cameron, P. B.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Rau, A.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Frail, D. A.; Chandra, P.; Cenko, S. B.; Soderberg, A. M.; Immler, S. (1 April 2007). "SN 2006gy: An Extremely Luminous Supernova in the Galaxy NGC 1260". The Astrophysical Journal. 659: L13–L16. arXiv:astro-ph/0612408. Bibcode:2007ApJ...659L..13O. doi:10.1086/516749. ISSN 0004-637X.
  8. ↑ Frieman, J.; Prasad, R. R.; Li, W.; Itagaki, K.; Nakano, S.; Quimby, R.; Mondol, P.; Puckett, T.; Pelloni, A.; Winslow, D. (2006). "Supernovae 2006gk–2006gz". International Astronomical Union Circular (8754): 1. Bibcode:2006IAUC.8754....1F.
  9. ↑ "SN 2006gy". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Ker Than (7 May 2007). "Astronomers Astonished by 'Monstrous' Star Explosion". Space.com. Retrieved 26 November 2023.