Q1043200

galaxy

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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Image: NGC 1403 DSS.jpg

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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.