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NGC 1266

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 487 inbound references to NGC 1266, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), parsec and NGC 1974.

It is catalogued under topics including Active galaxies, Eridanus (constellation) and Lenticular galaxies.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Sy1
Redshift: z = 0.0072143288495523095
Coordinates: RA 49.0032° · Dec -2.4272°

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Key facts

Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 03 16 00.7
Declination: −02 ° 25 ′ 38 ″
Redshift: 0.007238 ± 0.000017
Heliocentric radial velocity: 2170 ± 5 km s
Distance: 29.9 Mpc
Type: S0
Half light radius physical: 2.96 kpc
Half light radius apparent: 20.4"
Notable features: AGN , molecular outflow, suppressed SFR

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Eridanus
Distance from Earth: 30.9
Image: NGC 1266SST.jpg

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catalog code: RX J0316.0-0226
time of discovery or invention: 1784-09-20
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
Commons category: NGC 1266
apparent magnitude: 9.479
galaxy morphological type: S0
right ascension: 49.0031200
declination: -2.4273700
radial velocity: 2155
redshift: 0.007318
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1266 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. Although not currently starbursting, it has undergone a period of intense star formation in the recent past, ceasing only ≈500 Myr ago. The galaxy is host to an obscured active galactic nucleus.

A massive molecular outflow, with 2.4 × 10 M

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1266” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.