NGC 406
| Galaxy NGC 406 |
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| NGC 406 Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 07 m 25.05 s |
| declination | -69 ° 52 ′ 45.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB: (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005030 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1508 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.8 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 406 • PGC 3980 • ESO 051-108 • IRAS 01057-7008 • 2MASX J01072505-6952452 • SGC 010543-7008.6 • GC 220 • h 2381 • HIPASS J0107-69 | |
NGC 406 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is estimated to be 61 million light years from the Milky Way and around 60,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on November 3, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 406 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day April 7, 2011