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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Distance
5,043 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.0227
Morphology
S0a
Coordinates
RA 50.4165° · Dec 41.3606°
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Key facts

Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
03 21 39.9
Declination
41 ° 21 ′ 38 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6585 km/s
Distance
286 Mly (87.7 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Perseus Cluster
Type
SA0^-?
Size
~136,000 ly (41.8 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.3 x 1.1

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1294 is a lenticular galaxy located about 285 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on October 17, 1786 and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1294” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.