NGC 1406
| Galaxy NGC 1406 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 39 m 23.0 s |
| declination | -31 ° 19 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003585 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 1075 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.2 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 18, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1406 • UGCA 83 • PGC 13458 • ESO 418-015 • MCG -05-09-020 • IRAS 03373-3129 • 2MASX J03392331-3119170 • SGC 033722-3129.0 • GC 751 • h 2572 • AM 0337-312 • HIPASS J0339 -31 | |
NGC 1406 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 43 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by the astronomer John Herschel in 1835 with his 47.5 cm reflecting telescope .
Web links
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