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Q851285

elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster

Key facts

Constellation: Eridanus
Right ascension: 03 38 51.917
Declination: −35 ° 35 ′ 39.81 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1942 ± 48 km/s
Distance: 61 Mly (18.7 Mpc )
Type: E1
Apparent size v: 3.3 ′ × 3.0 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 17.27
Image: NGC 1404SST.jpg

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catalog code: NVSS J033852-353540
radial velocity: 1994
time of discovery or invention: 1837-11-28
galaxy morphological type: E1
redshift: 0.006478
Commons category: NGC 1404
apparent magnitude: 6.820
right ascension: 54.7163208
declination: -35.5943917

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NGC 1404 is an elliptical galaxy in the Southern constellation Eridanus. It was discovered on November 28, 1837, by the astronomer John Herschel. Based on the tip of the red-giant branch distance indicator, it lies at a distance of approximately 60 million light-years from the Milky Way. It is one of the brightest members of the Fornax Cluster.

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