NGC 1403

galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1403 is referenced by 487 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), epoch and NGC 1854.

It is catalogued under topics including Discoveries by Francis Leavenworth, Eridanus (constellation) and Lenticular galaxies.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: AG?
Redshift: z = 0.01425
Coordinates: RA 54.7952° · Dec -22.3887°

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Key facts

Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 03 39 10.876
Declination: −22 ° 23 ′ 19.00 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 4293 km/s
Distance: 146.93 ± 15.91 Mly (45.050 ± 4.879 Mpc )
Absolute magnitude v: −20.52
Type: SAB(s)0
Apparent size v: 0.950 ′ × 0.741 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Part of: Eridanus Cluster
Constellation: Eridanus
Distance from Earth: 57.2
Image: NGC 1403 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 5088067199441249024
Commons category: NGC 1403
galaxy morphological type: E
discoverer or inventor: Francis Preserved Leavenworth
time of discovery or invention: 1886-00-00
redshift: 0.014250
apparent magnitude: 9.815
right ascension: 54.79517671321480
declination: -22.38874268211450
radial velocity: 4242
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1403 is a lenticular or elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. It was thought to be a "very faint, extremely small, nebulous star" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.