NGC 1259 is a lenticular galaxy[2] located about 243 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Perseus.[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on October 21, 1884[5] and is a member of the Perseus Cluster.[6][5]

A type Ia supernova designated as SN 2008L was discovered in NGC 1259 on January 14, 2008.[7][8][9]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1259. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  2. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ^ "NED Query Results for NGC 1259". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  4. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1259". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  5. ^ a b "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  6. ^ Brunzendorf, J.; Meusinger, H. (October 1, 1999). "The galaxy cluster Abell 426 (Perseus). A catalogue of 660 galaxy positions, isophotal magnitudes and morphological types". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139 (1): 141–161. Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..141B. doi:10.1051/aas:1999111. ISSN 0365-0138.
  7. ^ "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  8. ^ "2008L - The Open Supernova Catalog". sne.space. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  9. ^ "SN 2008L | Transient Name Server". wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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