NGC 409
| Galaxy data from NGC 409 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 09 m 33.22 s |
| declination | -35 ° 48 ′ 20.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022075 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6618 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(294 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (90.1 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 29, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 409 • PGC 4132 • ESO 352-012 • MCG -06-03-023 • 2MASX J01093323-3548203 • SGC 010713-3604.3 • GC 223 • h 2382 • GALEX ASC J010933.17-354820.4 • LDCE 64 NED003 | |
NGC 409 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Sculptor at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 294 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 415 .
The object was discovered on November 29, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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