NGC 1261 (Jim Fordice)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Horologium (Hor) · Contains: HD20058 · HD20224 · NGC 1261 · PGC 11916 · PGC 11918 · PGC 138611 · PGC 145348 · PGC 410065 · PGC 410640 · PGC 410842 · PGC 410944 · PGC 412546 · PGC 412715 · PGC 412882 · PGC 413405

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NGC 1261

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NGC 1261

I have not observed this object.

I obtained the calibrated lights frames used to create the final image from Telescope Live. The frames were imaged by the CHI-1-CMOS Telescope at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile.

Note: This cluster does not display the normal indications of core collapse, but evidence suggests it may have instead passed through a post core-collapse bounce state within the past two billion years.

Shapley Sawyer Classification: II
Distance: 53,497LY
Type: Far Halo Globular
Position w.r.t. core of galaxy: Below the disc and far to the side of the Milky Way.
Any stars resolved: N/A
Undergoing Core Collapse: Yes

Created with SkySafari 6 Pro.

New Mexico Imagers
Globular Star Clusters
Objects of the South - negative declination only

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RA (center)	03h12m15s.597
RA (top/left)	03h13m57s.613
RA (top/right)	03h10m22s.225
RA (bottom/right)	03h10m32s.576
RA (bottom/left)	03h14m09s.719

Dec (center)	-55°12′52″.70
Dec (top/left)	-55°01′22″.94
Dec (top/right)	-55°03′49″.25
Dec (bottom/right)	-55°24′16″.60
Dec (bottom/left)	-55°21′47″.50

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