NGC 1262

NGC 1262 is a barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Eridanus.[4] NGC 1262 is the most distant object in the New General Catalogue [5] lying about 1.5 billion light-years away from Earth. NGC 1262 is also a large galaxy with a diameter of about 380,000 light-years making it nearly four times larger than the Milky Way.[6] It was discovered by astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885.[3]

NGC 1262
SDSS image of NGC 1262.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Eridanus
Right ascension	03^h 15^m 33.6^s[1]
Declination	−15° 52′ 46″[1]
Redshift	0.115660[1]
Helio radial velocity	34674 km/s[1]
Distance	1.503 Gly (461 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(s)c[1]
Size	~380,000 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.8 x 0.7[1]
Other designations
IRAS 03132-1604, MCG -3-9-14, PGC 12107[1]

See also

• List of the most distant astronomical objects
• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
• NGC 5609

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1262. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
2. "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1262". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1262 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 1262 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images