NGC 1400
| Galaxy NGC 1400 |
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| High-resolution image of the center of NGC 1400 from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 39 m 30.8 s |
| declination | -18 ° 41 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Eridanus Cluster SSRS Group 72 NGC 1407 Group NGC 1400 Group |
| Redshift | 0.001861 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 558 ± 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(21 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (6.50 ± 0.50) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1400 • PGC 13470 • ESO 548-062 • MCG -03-10-022 • IRAS 03372-1850 • 2MASX J03393085-1841172 • SGC 033716-1851.0 • GC 747 • H II-593 • h 2567 • NVSS J033930-184118 | |
NGC 1400 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 21 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1393 , NGC 1402 , NGC 1407 , IC 343 .
The object was on 20 September 1786 by William Herschel using a 18.7-inch - telescope discovered.
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