Key facts
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 03 20 15.5
- Declination
- 41 ° 23 ′ 55 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 6727 km/s
- Distance
- 250 Mly (76.6 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Perseus Cluster
- Type
- E1
- Size
- ~90,000 ly (27.5 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 0.7 x 0.6
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1283 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on October 23, 1884 and is a member of the Perseus Cluster. It also contains an active galactic nucleus.
See also
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