NGC 1282

NGC 1282 is an elliptical galaxy[2] located about 230 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Perseus.[4] It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on October 23, 1884.[5] NGC 1282 is a member of the Perseus Cluster.[5][6]

NGC 1282
A near-infrared image of NGC 1282.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	03^h 20^m 12.1^s[1]
Declination	41° 22′ 01″[1]
Redshift	0.007135[1]
Helio radial velocity	2,139 km/s[1]
Distance	230 Mly (70 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Perseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.87[1]
Characteristics
Type	E[1]
Size	~115,000 ly (35.3 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.4 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
CGCG 540-109, MCG 7-7-68, PGC 12471, UGC 2675[1]

A type Ia supernova designated as SN 2008fh was detected near NGC 1282[7] on either July 30,[7][8] or August 30, 2008.[9][10] Oddly, though, the supernova was not associated with the galaxy.[8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1282. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
3. "NED Query Results for NGC 1282". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1282". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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.
7. [email protected]. "Bright Supernovae - 2008". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
8. "ATel #1690: Discovery of a probably sub-luminous type Ia supernova ROTSE3 J032048.6+412145". ATel. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
9. "SN 2008fh | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
10. "2008fh - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1282 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 1282 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images