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Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus. It is one of the 48 ancient constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy , [ 1 ] and among the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). [ 2 ]
1H 0323+342 known as 2MASX J032441.19+341045.9, is a galaxy located in the constellation of Perseus. It is located 831 million light years from Earth. [1] It is classified a gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert galaxy, [2] [3] the nearest known example of this subtype. [4] [5]
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Perseus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
The Perseus Family includes several constellations associated with the Perseus myth: Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Andromeda, Perseus, Pegasus, and Cetus (representing the monster sent to devour Andromeda). Menzel also included a few neighboring constellations: Auriga, Lacerta, and Triangulum. Except for Cetus, these constellations all lie north of the ...
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NGC 1260 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy [3] located 250 million light years away from earth in the constellation Perseus. [4] It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 19 October 1884. [5] NGC 1260 is a member of the Perseus Cluster [6] [3] and forms a tight pair with the galaxy PGC 12230. [3]
NGC 1513 is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Perseus, positioned 2° SSE of the faint star Lambda Persei. The same telescope field contains the clusters NGC 1528 and NGC 1545. [2] NGC 1513 was discovered in 1790 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. [3]
Kappa Persei or κ Persei, is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Perseus.Based upon an annual parallax shift of 28.93 mas, [1] it is located at a distance of 113 light-years from the Sun.