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Vinony's link graph records 474 inbound references to Q748398, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), solar mass and epoch.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1876, Elliptical galaxies and NGC objects.

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Key facts

Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
03 20 06.1
Declination
41 ° 37 ′ 48 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4300 km/s
Distance
195.7 ± 3.3 Mly (60 ± 1 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Perseus Cluster
Type
E5
Mass light ratio
1.7 M ☉ / L ☉
Size
~17,000 ly (5.2 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.0 x 0.7
Half light radius physical
~4,200 ly (1.3 kpc ) (estimated)

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
58.72
Image
G126 021 013040.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 12458
galaxy morphological type
S0
Commons category
NGC 1281
time of discovery or invention
1876-12-12
redshift
0.014156
apparent magnitude
10.064
right ascension
50.0254375
declination
41.6300861
radial velocity
4214
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1281 is a compact elliptical galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. NGC 1281 was discovered by astronomer John Dreyer on December 12, 1876. It is a member of the Perseus Cluster.

Like NGC 1277 and NGC 1271, NGC 1281 is a candidate "relic galaxy".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q748398” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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