NGC 1277 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Perseus. It is a member of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies and is located approximately 73 Mpc (megaparsecs) [2] or 220 million light-years from the Milky Way.

Mar 12, 2018 · The galaxy, NGC 1277, started its life with a bang long ago, ferociously churning out stars 1,000 times faster than seen in our own Milky Way today. But it abruptly went quiescent as the baby boomer stars aged and grew ever redder.

Mar 12, 2018 · [Upper right] —This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1277. The galaxy is unique in that it is considered a relic of what galaxies were like in the early universe. The galaxy is composed exclusively of aging stars that were born 10 billion years ago.

Jun 23, 2013 · NGC 1277 is a lenticular galaxy located in Perseus constellation. It lies at a distance of about 220 million light years from Earth. The galaxy has an apparent visual …

Image of lenticular galaxy NGC 1277 taken with Hubble Space Telescope. This small, flattened galaxy contains one of the most massive central black holes ever found. At 17 billion solar masses, the black hole weighs an extraordinary 14% of the total galaxy mass. Credit: NASA/ESA/Andrew C. Fabian.

Mar 15, 2018 · Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are investigating an ancient galaxy – called NGC 1277 – that’s in our cosmic backyard, 240 million light-years from Earth.

Mar 12, 2018 · 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. In addition,...

Aug 21, 2023 · In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the fascinating NGC 1277 galaxy and examine some of its most intriguing features, including its surprising and unexplained lack of …

Nov 28, 2012 · Until now, the galaxy with the largest known fraction of its mass in its central black hole (11 per cent) was the small galaxy NGC 4486B 1, 9. Here we report observations of the stellar...

Nov 28, 2012 · 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.