Astronomy:NGC 1201

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NGC 1201
File:NGC 1201 PanS.jpg
NGC 1201 imaged by Pan-STARRS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationFornax
Right ascension 03h 04m 07.9884s[1]
Declination−26° 04′ 10.815″[1]
Redshift0.005624±0.0000370[1]
Helio radial velocity1,686±11 km/s[1]
Distance63.37 ± 4.96 Mly (19.430 ± 1.520 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 1255 Group (LGG 86)
Apparent magnitude (V)12.20[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA0^0(r)[1]
Size~93,900 ly (28.80 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)3.6′ × 2.1′[1]
Other designations
ESO 480- G 028, MCG-04-08-023, PGC 11559[1]

NGC 1201 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Fornax. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1,531±16 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 73.6 ± 5.3 Mly (22.58 ± 1.61 Mpc).[1] However, 10 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 63.37 ± 4.96 Mly (19.430 ± 1.520 Mpc).[2] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 26 October 1785.[3][4]

NGC 1201 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[5][6]

NGC 1255 group

NGC 1201 is a member of the NGC 1255 group (also known as LGG 86), which contains at least 5 galaxies, including NGC 1255, NGC 1302, ESO 481-14, and ESO 481-18.[7][8]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1201:

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Results for object NGC 1201". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+1201. 
  2. "Distance Results for NGC 1201". NASA. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+1201. 
  3. Herschel, William (1786). "Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 76: 457–499. doi:10.1098/rstl.1786.0027. Bibcode1786RSPT...76..457H. https://zenodo.org/record/1432282/files/article.pdf. 
  4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 1201". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12.htm#1201. 
  5. Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D. et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2): 1784. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766. Bibcode2020MNRAS.494.1784A. 
  6. "NGC 1201". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1201. 
  7. Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 100: 47. Bibcode1993A&AS..100...47G. 
  8. "LGG 86". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LGG+86. 
  9. Beutler, B.; Li, W. (2003). "Supernova 2003hv in NGC 1201". International Astronomical Union Circular (8197): 1. Bibcode2003IAUC.8197....1B. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08197.html#item1. 
  10. "SN 2003hv". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2003hv. 
  11. Bishop, David. "Bright Supernovae - 2003". https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2003/index.html. 

Coordinates: Sky map 03h 04m 07.9884s, −26° 04′ 10.815″