NGC 1405
| Galaxy NGC 1405 |
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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 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 |
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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 .