page_title: NGC 1270
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 1270
caption_attribution_description: English: SDSS image of NGC 1270.
context_page_description: NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863. NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years. However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy.
  NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses.
context_section_description: NGC 1270 is an elliptical galaxy located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on February 14, 1863. NGC 1270 is a member of the Perseus Cluster and has an estimated age of about 11 billion years. However, Greene et al. puts the age of NGC 1270 at about 15.0 ± 0.50 Gy.
  NGC 1270 has a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of no more than 12 billion solar masses (12×10⁹ M☉).
caption: SDSS image of NGC 1270.
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