NGC 1273

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 1273

| image = NGC1273 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 1273.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0^0(r)?{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 1273

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

| access-date=2018-06-19}}

| ra = {{RA|03|19|26.7}}

| dec = {{DEC|41|32|26}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|75.4|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Perseus Cluster

| h_radial_v = 5387 km/s

| z = 0.017969

| appmag_v = 14.27

| size_v = 1.1 x 1.1

| constellation name = Perseus

| names = CGCG 540-99, MCG 7-7-59, PGC 12396

|size=~{{convert|29|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

}}

NGC 1273 is a lenticular galaxy{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1273&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=2018-06-20}} located about 245 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+1273|title=NED Query Results for NGC 1273|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-20}} in the constellation Perseus.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC1273|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 1273|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-06-20}} It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1273|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-15}} and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.{{Cite journal|last=Brunzendorf|first=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}}