NGC 5407
| Galaxy NGC 5407 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 00 m 50.1 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 09 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018022 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | (5403 ± 43) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.1 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5407 • UGC 8930 • PGC 49890 • CGCG 219-040 • MCG + 07-29-33 • 2MASX J14005010 + 3909220 • GC 3741 • H III 684 • h 1732 • LDCE 1018 NED008 | |
NGC 5407 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hounds . It is estimated to be 245 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 16, 1787 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .