NGC 1270

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Perseus}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 1270

| image = NGC 1270- A Galactic Archipelago (noirlab2426a).jpg

| caption = NGC 1270 imaged by the Gemini North Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| type = E{{cite web

| website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| publisher = NASA and Caltech

| title=Results for object NGC 1270

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+1270

| access-date=2018-06-20}}

| ra = {{RA|03|18|58.0987}}

| dec = {{DEC|+41|28|12.467}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|70.90 ± 4.97|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Perseus Cluster

| h_radial_v = 4967 ± 2 km/s

| z = 0.016569

| size = ~{{convert|42.75|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated){{r|ned}}

| appmag_v = 14.26

| size_v = 1.5 x 1.2

| constellation name = Perseus

| names = {{odlist | CGCG= 540-095 | MCG= +07-07-057 | PGC= 12350 | UGC= 2660}}

}}

NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1270&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=2018-06-21}} in the constellation Perseus.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC1270|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 1270|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-06-21}} It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1270|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-15}} NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster{{Cite journal|last1=Brunzendorf|first1=J.|last2=Meusinger|first2=H.|date=October 1, 1999|title=The galaxy cluster Abell 426 (Perseus). A catalogue of 660 galaxy positions, isophotal magnitudes and morphological types|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|language=en|volume=139|issue=1|pages=141–161|doi=10.1051/aas:1999111|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1999A&AS..139..141B|doi-access=free}} and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years.{{Cite journal|last1=Greene|first1=Jenny E.|last2=Murphy|first2=Jeremy D.|last3=Graves|first3=Genevieve J.|last4=Gunn|first4=James E.|last5=Raskutti|first5=Sudhir|last6=Comerford|first6=Julia M.|last7=Gebhardt|first7=Karl|date=2013|title=The Stellar Halos of Massive Elliptical Galaxies. II. Detailed Abundance Ratios at Large Radius|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/776/i=2/a=64|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=776|issue=2|pages=64|doi=10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/64|issn=0004-637X|arxiv=1308.2682|bibcode=2013ApJ...776...64G|s2cid=118638136}} However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy.{{Cite journal|last1=Greene|first1=Jenny E.|last2=Murphy|first2=Jeremy D.|last3=Comerford|first3=Julia M.|last4=Gebhardt|first4=Karl|last5=Adams|first5=Joshua J.|date=2012-04-13|title=The Stellar Halos of Massive Elliptical Galaxies|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?arXiv:1202.4464|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=750|issue=1|pages=32|doi=10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/32|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=2012ApJ...750...32G|arxiv=1202.4464|s2cid=118480768}}

NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole{{Cite journal|last1=Fabian|first1=A. C.|last2=Sanders|first2=J. S.|last3=Haehnelt|first3=M.|last4=Rees|first4=M. J.|last5=Miller|first5=J. M.|date=2013-02-01|title=X-ray emission from the ultramassive black hole candidate NGC 1277: implications and speculations on its origin|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?arXiv:1301.1800|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters|language=en|volume=431|issue=1|pages=L38–L42|doi=10.1093/mnrasl/slt004|doi-access=free |issn=1745-3933|bibcode=2013MNRAS.431L..38F|arxiv=1301.1800|s2cid=119195931}} with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses ({{Val|12|e=9|ul=M_solar}}).{{Cite journal|last1=Ferré-Mateu|first1=Anna|last2=Mezcua|first2=Mar|author2-link=Mar Mezcua|last3=Trujillo|first3=Ignacio|last4=Balcells|first4=Marc|last5=Bosch|first5=Remco C. E. van den|date=2015-07-21|title=Massive relic galaxies challenge the co-evolution of SMBHs and their host galaxies|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=808|issue=1|pages=79|doi=10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/79|issn=1538-4357|bibcode=2015ApJ...808...79F|arxiv=1506.02663|s2cid=118777377}}