Lenticular galaxy · Eridanus
NGC 1269 Snow Collar Galaxy
Also known as: NGC 1291
mag 8.711′ across
About
NGC 1269, the Snow Collar Galaxy, is a lenticular galaxy of magnitude 8.7 in Eridanus, about 11′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 1269 is in the constellation Eridanus.
- Best evenings: around late December it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 39° N.
When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.
What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)A faint smudge, only from a dark site.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)A bright lens-shaped glow with a starlike core.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 1269, NGC 1291, PGC 12209 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lenticular galaxy (S0-a) |
| Magnitude | 8.7The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 11′ × 9.9′position angle 156°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 23.4 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 03h 17m 18.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −41° 06′ 29″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →