In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 408 is referenced by 892 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Pisces, list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical object articles with topics of unclear notability, Astronomical objects discovered in 1867 and Discoveries by Herman Schultz (astronomer).
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01765221191788621
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 17.7108° · Dec 33.1134°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 10 51.1
- Declination
- +33 ° 09 ′ 05 ″
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- galaxy group
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC 0408 SDSS.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- E
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 313963900339829376
- time of discovery or invention
- 1867-10-22
- discoverer or inventor
- Herman Schultz
- Commons category
- NGC 408
- right ascension
- 17.71080291784120
- declination
- 33.11341916577900
- apparent magnitude
- 12.329
- epoch
- J2000.0
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 408 is a star located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 22, 1867, by Herman Schultz. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, (WH) II 220 eight seconds of time to east.", WH II 220 being NGC 410.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 408” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.