NGC 1405
Galaxy NGC 1405 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 40 m 18.9 s |
declination | -15 ° 31 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0: / sp |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 153 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.005374 +/- 0.000227 |
Radial velocity | 1611 +/- 68 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (21.0 ± 1.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
Discovery date | December 26, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1405 • PGC 13512 • MCG -03-10-028 • 2MASX J03401891-1531487 • 2MFGC 03046 |
NGC 1405 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type Sun in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 68 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1372 , NGC 1388 , NGC 1413 , IC 1975 .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on December 26, 1885 .