NGC 1281

NGC 1281 is a compact elliptical galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. NGC 1281 was discovered by astronomer John Dreyer on December 12, 1876. It is a member of the Perseus Cluster. Like NGC 1277 and NGC 1271, NGC 1281 is a candidate "relic galaxy".

Supermassive black hole
The supermassive black hole in NGC 1281 has an estimated mass of about 10 billion solar masses ($$ M☉). However, Anna Ferré-Mateu et al. estimated the black hole has a mass of no more than 5 billion solar masses.