NGC 5407
Galaxy NGC 5407 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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 |
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 .