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  2. Mar 15, 2018 · Galaxy NGC 1277 lives near the center of the Perseus cluster of over 1,000 galaxies. NGC 1277 is moving so fast through the cluster, at 2 million miles (3.2 million km) per hour, that it...

  3. Mar 12, 2018 · The galaxy lives near the center of the Perseus cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 240 million light-years away from Earth. NGC 1277 is moving so fast through the cluster, at 2 million miles per hour, that it cannot merge with other galaxies to collect stars or pull in gas to fuel star formation.

  4. Jul 24, 2023 · Located 240 million light-years away from Earth. Here we see a zoomed-out Hubble view of NGC 1277, which lies near the center of the Perseus cluster of over 1,000 galaxies.

  5. NGC 1277 is classified as a lenticular galaxy, so it is shaped like a lens, with a thicker central region that tapers away at the edges. It is only about one-tenth as large and massive as our home galaxy, the Milky Way, with a total mass (including invisible dark matter) of about 120 billion times the mass of the Sun.

  6. Mar 12, 2018 · The galaxy lives near the center of the Perseus cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 240 million light-years away. But NGC 1277 is moving so fast through the cluster, at 2 million miles per hour, that it cannot merge with other galaxies to collect stars or pull in gas to fuel star formation.

  7. Sep 24, 2023 · Recently, a cosmic innomaly has surfaced in the form of NGC 1277, a colossal galaxy located a staggering 240 million light-years away from Earth. What distinguishes NGC 1277 is its...

  8. NGC 1277: Object Description: Lenticular galaxy with primordial globular clusters: R.A. Position: 03:19:51.482: Dec. Position +41:34:24.902: Constellation: Perseus: Distance: The galaxy is located 240 million light-years away from Earth. Dimensions: Main image is 31 arcmin across (about 2 million light-years); Inset image is 1 arcmin across ...

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