NGC 1270

NGC 1270
NGC 1270 imaged by the Gemini North Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPerseus
Right ascension03h 18m 58.0987s[1]
Declination+41° 28′ 12.467″[1]
Redshift0.016569[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity4967 ± 2 km/s[1]
Distance231.2 ± 16.2 Mly (70.90 ± 4.97 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterPerseus Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)14.26[1]
Characteristics
TypeE[1]
Size~139,400 ly (42.75 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.5 x 1.2[1]
Other designations
UGC 2660, MCG +07-07-057, PGC 12350, CGCG 540-095[1]

NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Perseus.[3] It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863.[4] NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster[5][4] and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years.[6] However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy.[7]

NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole[8] with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses (12×109 M☉).[9]

Activity

Spectroscopy of NGC 1270 suggests that the galaxy contains a low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN).[10]

NGC 1275 Group

NGC 1270 is a member of the NGC 1275 group (also known as LGG 88) which has at least 48 members, including NGC 1224, NGC 1267, NGC 1273, NGC 1275, NGC 1277, NGC 1279, IC 288, IC 294, IC 310, and IC 312.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Results for object NGC 1270". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  2. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  3. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1270". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  4. ^ a b "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  5. ^ Brunzendorf, J.; Meusinger, H. (October 1, 1999). "The galaxy cluster Abell 426 (Perseus). A catalogue of 660 galaxy positions, isophotal magnitudes and morphological types". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139 (1): 141–161. Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..141B. doi:10.1051/aas:1999111. ISSN 0365-0138.
  6. ^ Greene, Jenny E.; Murphy, Jeremy D.; Graves, Genevieve J.; Gunn, James E.; Raskutti, Sudhir; Comerford, Julia M.; Gebhardt, Karl (2013). "The Stellar Halos of Massive Elliptical Galaxies. II. Detailed Abundance Ratios at Large Radius". The Astrophysical Journal. 776 (2): 64. arXiv:1308.2682. Bibcode:2013ApJ...776...64G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/64. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 118638136.
  7. ^ Greene, Jenny E.; Murphy, Jeremy D.; Comerford, Julia M.; Gebhardt, Karl; Adams, Joshua J. (2012-04-13). "The Stellar Halos of Massive Elliptical Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 750 (1): 32. arXiv:1202.4464. Bibcode:2012ApJ...750...32G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/32. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 118480768.
  8. ^ Fabian, A. C.; Sanders, J. S.; Haehnelt, M.; Rees, M. J.; Miller, J. M. (2013-02-01). "X-ray emission from the ultramassive black hole candidate NGC 1277: implications and speculations on its origin". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 431 (1): L38 – L42. arXiv:1301.1800. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.431L..38F. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slt004. ISSN 1745-3933. S2CID 119195931.
  9. ^ Ferré-Mateu, Anna; Mezcua, Mar; Trujillo, Ignacio; Balcells, Marc; Bosch, Remco C. E. van den (2015-07-21). "Massive relic galaxies challenge the co-evolution of SMBHs and their host galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 808 (1): 79. arXiv:1506.02663. Bibcode:2015ApJ...808...79F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/79. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 118777377.
  10. ^ Park, Songyoun; Yang, Jun; Oonk, J. B. Raymond; Paragi, Zsolt (2016-11-22). "Discovery of five low-luminosity active galactic nuclei at the centre of the Perseus cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465 (4): 3943–3948. arXiv:1611.05986. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.465.3943P. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw3012. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 53538944.
  11. ^ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.
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