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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	03h 15m 33.6s[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]

Supernova AT 2014fx in NGC 1262 was discovered by citizen scientists using the Galaxy Zoo website.[7]^{[dubious – discuss]} Its coordinates (decimal) are: ra=48.893766 dec=-15.884613.

See also

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

References

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

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NGC 1262 eine Spiralgalaxie vom Hubble-Typ Sc im Sternbild Eridanus am Südsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 1,55 Mia. Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 415.000 Lj. Im selben Himmelsareal befindet sich u. a. die Galaxie NGC 1263.

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