NGC 407
| Galaxy data from NGC 407 |
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| SDSS image of the galaxy NGC 407 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 10 m 36.56 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 07 ′ 35.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018590 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5573 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 407 • UGC 730 • PGC 4190 • CGCG 501-115 • MCG + 05-03-77 • 2MASX J01103658 + 3307351 • GC 221 • H II 219 • LEDA 4190 • LDCE 74 NED036 | |
NGC 407 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 410 , NGC 414 , IC 1636 , IC 1638 .
The object was discovered on September 12, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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