NGC 1403
| Galaxy NGC 1403 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 39 m 10.8 s |
| declination | -22 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014320 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 4293 +/- 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.5 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1403 • PGC 13445 • ESO 482-025 • MCG -04-09-041 • 2MASX J03391087-2223189 • SGC 033700-2233.0 • GALEX ASC J033910.95-222319.3 • LEDA 13445 | |
NGC 1403 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 188 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1395 , NGC 1401 , NGC 1415 , NGC 1416 , among others .
The property was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 .