NGC 1407

galaxy

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It sits within the topics Elliptical galaxies, Eridanus (constellation) and Eridanus Group.

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Key facts

Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 03 40 11.9
Declination: −18 ° 34 ′ 48 ″
Redshift: 1,779 ± 9 km / s
Distance: 76 Mly (23.3 Mpc )
Type: E0
Apparent size v: 4′.6 × 4′.3

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Distance from Earth: 18
Image: Color cutout hst 9427 02 acs wfc f814w f435w sci NGC 1407.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1785-10-06
catalog code: GSC 05877-00735
radial velocity: 1734
Commons category: NGC 1407
redshift: 0.005934
apparent magnitude: 6.702
galaxy morphological type: E0
right ascension: 55.0496000
declination: -18.5803778

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1407 is an elliptical galaxy in Eridanus. It is at a distance of 76 million light-years from Earth. It is the brightest galaxy in the NGC 1407 Group, part of the Eridanus Group, with NGC 1407 being its brightest member. NGC 1400, the second-brightest of the group lies 11.8 arcmin away.

NGC 1407 is X-ray luminous, with high hot gas Fe abundance, and with evidence of recurrent radio outbursts. In the central area of the galaxy are present old stars, with mean age 12.0 ± 1.1 Gyrs, that are metal rich and with supersolar abundances of α-elements. Observations indicate that NGC 1407 hasn't recently undergone strong star-formation activity. The galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole with a mass 1.12 ± 0.42 billion solar masses, based on velocity dispersion.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1407” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.