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NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus

Altitude: 40.4°   Azimuth: 289.7°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 1265 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Perseus constellation. NGC 1265 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 1265
Galaxy
Perseus

NGC 1265 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 40.4°
Azimuth: 289.7°
Direction: West-North-West

See also NGC 1265 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.7, NGC 1265 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus

Photometric information of NGC 1265

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1265 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

14.7

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 1265.

23.3 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 1265

The following table reports NGC 1265 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1265 is a visual representation of it.
1.9 arcmin
1.63 arcmin
165°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1265

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1265 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1265 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.9 arcmin) and minor (1.63 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus morphological classification

NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus, Elliptical (E).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1265

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1265 are provided in the following table:

03h 18m 15s
+41° 51’ 27”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1265 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus.

Finder chart NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 1265 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 1265 - Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus is circumpolar and transits at 02:51 UTC (altitude: 80.4°)