NGC 1407
| Galaxy NGC 1407 |
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| NGC 1407, IC 343, NGC 1402 & NGC 1400 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 40 m 11.8 s |
| declination | -18 ° 34 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.7 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.6 ′ × 4.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Eridanus group SSRS group 72 NGC 1400 group NGC 1407 group LGG 100 |
| Redshift | 0.005934 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1779 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.2 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1407 • PGC 13505 • ESO 548-067 • MCG -03-10-030 • 2MASX J03401190-1834493 • SGC 033757-1844.5 • GC 752 • H I 107 • h 2570 • NVSS J034011-183449 • LDCE 251 NED034 | |
NGC 1407 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Eridanus the southern sky . It is an estimated 76 million light years away from the Milky Way , about 105,000 light years in diameter, and is part of the Eridanus Galaxy Cluster .
Together with NGC 1359 , NGC 1440 , NGC 1452 , IC 343 , IC 346 , PGC 13220 , PGC 13241 and PGC 13511 , it forms the NGC 1407 group or LGG 100 .
The object was discovered on October 6, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
See also
Web links
Commons : NGC 1407 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- The galaxy NGC 1407. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .