NGC 1262

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation of Eridanus}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 1262

| image = File:NGC 1262 legacy dr10.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = legacy surveys image of NGC 1262.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SAB(s)c{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 1262

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-12-20}}

| ra = {{RA|03|15|33.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|-15|52|46}}

| dist_ly ={{convert|1.503|Gly|Mpc|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}

{{cite web

| title = parsecs to lightyears conversion

| url = http://www.unitconversion.org/length/parsecs-to-light-years-conversion.html

| access-date = 30 September 2017

}}

| h_radial_v = 34674 km/s

| z = 0.115660

| appmag_v = 15.0

| size_v = 0.8 x 0.7

| constellation name = Eridanus

| names = IRAS 03132-1604, MCG -3-9-14, PGC 12107

|size=~380,000 ly (estimated)}}

NGC 1262 is a barred spiral galaxy{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1262|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-21}} located in the constellation Eridanus.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC1262|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 1262|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-12-21}} NGC 1262 is about 686 million light-yearsSky & Telescope Magazine, December 2023, pp 20 from Earth. This galaxy was formerly believed to be the most distant object in the New General Catalogue,{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?refcode=1888MmRAS..49....1D&search_type=Search&of=pre_text&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=Redshift+-+descending&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-12-20}} however, in 2023 using data from Ann Isaacs from the University of Minnesota, Stephen Odewahn from the McDonald Observatory used new radial velocity calculations which placed NGC 1262 nowhere near the most distant NGC galaxy.Sky & Telescope Magazine, December 2023, pp 20 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.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1262&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-12-21}} It was discovered by astronomer Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885.

Supernova AT 2014fx in NGC 1262 was discovered by citizen scientists using the Galaxy Zoo website.{{cite web| title=AT 2014fx| url=https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2014fx| publisher=Transient Name Server| date=9 December 2020| access-date=10 December 2020}}{{dubious|The source lists this as a transient; I found no confirming source that validated a supernova event occurred|date=December 2021}} Its coordinates (decimal) are: ra=48.893766 dec=-15.884613.