NGC 7404

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Galaxy
NGC 7404 / IC 5260
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Constellation crane
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 54 m 18.6 s
declination -39 ° 18 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) 0-?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 'x 0.8'
Position angle 2 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 40  
Redshift 0.006368 ± 0.000053  
Radial velocity 1909 ± 16 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(85 ± 6)  x  10 6  ly
(26.1 ± 1.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date October 4, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  7404 • IC  5260 • PGC  69964 • ESO  346-011 • 346-010 • MCG  -07-47-001 • 2MASX  J22541861-3918537 • SGC  225129-3934.9 • GALEX ASC J225418.56-391854.1 • LDCE 1547 NED001

NGC 7404 = IC 5260 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Crane in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a garavitively bound galaxy pair with NGC 7410 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 4, 1836 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7404
  3. Seligman