NGC 1275

Also known as Perseus A, C 24

seyfert galaxy in the constellation Perseus

Key facts

Constellation: Perseus
Right ascension: 03 19 48.1601
Declination: +41 ° 30 ′ 42.103 ″
Redshift: 0.017 670 ± 0.000 03
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5,264 ± 11 km/s
Distance: 225.19 ± 10.29 Mly (69.044 ± 3.154 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Perseus Cluster
Type: cD ; pec ; NLRG
Size: ~295,000 ly (90.45 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.2′ × 1.7′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: quasar
Constellation: Perseus
Distance from Earth: 74.5
Image: NGC 1275 Hubble.jpg

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radial velocity: 5453
Commons category: NGC 1275
catalog code: GB6 B0316+4119
Commons gallery: NGC 1275
time of discovery or invention: 1786-10-17
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
apparent magnitude: 11.486
galaxy morphological type: ?p
redshift: 0.0172
right ascension: 49.946250
declination: 41.511667
parallax: 0.0430
epoch: J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion: 0.275
declination component of proper motion: -0.550

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1275 (also known as Perseus A or Caldwell 24) is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located around 225 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Perseus. NGC 1275 is a member of the large Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 October 1786.

Properties

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1275” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.