NGC 1403

galaxy

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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.

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