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NGC 1261

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Right ascension
03h 12m 16.21s
Declination
−55° 12′ 58.4″
Galactic l, b
270.54, -52.12
Magnitude V
8.63
Parallax
0.068 mas
Redshift z
0.00023853
Radial velocity
71.5 km/s
Proper motion
1.61, -2.05 mas/yr
Angular size
6.9′ × 6.9′

Also known as

8 identifiers

C 0310-554CD-55 658CPD-55 501GCl 5GCRV 1314 EHD 20189NGC 1261[KPS2012] MWSC 0263

In the same field

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ObjectTypeSeparationV
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V27 RRLyrae 15.6″ —
2MASS J03121623-5512379 Star 20.36″ —
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V19 RRLyrae 22.09″ 16.46
2MASS J03121841-5512465 Star 22.29″ —
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V28 RRLyrae 23.06″ 16.02
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V16 RRLyrae 24.12″ 16.56
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V20 RRLyrae 27.03″ —
2MASS J03121458-5512276 Star 33.54″ —
2MASS J03121976-5512413 Star 34.85″ —
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V5 RRLyrae 36.21″ 16.69
Cl* NGC 1261 SAW V4 RRLyrae 36.26″ 16.63

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-1261 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.