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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LIN
- Redshift
- z = -0.000107
- Coordinates
- RA 17.3626° · Dec 35.7181°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 01 09 27.0
- Declination
- +35 ° 43 ′ 04 ″
- Redshift
- −48 ± 9 km / s
- Distance
- 10.0 ± 0.7 Mly (3.07 ± 0.21 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(s)0
- Apparent size v
- 3′.5 × 3′.5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 3.09
- Image
- NGC 404 Hubble.jpg
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- radial velocity
- -19
- Commons category
- NGC 404
- catalog code
- [VDD93] 5
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-09-13
- apparent magnitude
- 12.56
- galaxy morphological type
- dE/S0
- redshift
- -0.000160
- right ascension
- 17.36292
- declination
- 35.71806
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 404 is a field galaxy located about 10 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784, and is visible through small telescopes. NGC 404 lies just beyond the Local Group and does not appear gravitationally bound to it. It is located within 7 arc-minutes of second magnitude star Mirach, making it a difficult target to observe or photograph and granting it the nickname "Mirach's Ghost". Mirach & NGC 404
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 404” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.