NGC 1260

NGC 1260
NGC 1260 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	03^h 17^m 27.2^s[1]
Declination	+41° 24′ 19″[1]
Redshift	0.01919[1]
Helio 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
PGC 12219[1]

NGC 1260 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Perseus. In 2006, it was home to the second brightest supernova in the observable universe, supernova SN 2006gy.

Supernova 2006gy imaged by the Swift spacecraft

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1260. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
2. "Distance Results for NGC 1260". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-04.

External links

• Brightest object found in NGC 1260 (Space.com : 7 May 2007)
• NGC 1260 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Coordinates: 03^h 17^m 27.2^s, +41° 24′ 19″