NGC 1409

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NGC 1409
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Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1410 (left) and NGC 1409 (right)
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Taurus [1]
Right ascension 03h 41m 10.546s [2]
Declination −01° 18′ 10.12″ [2]
Helio radial velocity 7750±40 km/s [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.4 [3]
Characteristics
Type SB0 [4] or SAB pec [3]
Apparent size  (V)1′.0 × 0′.8 [3]
Notable featuresInteracting with NGC 1410
Other designations
NGC 1409, UGC 2821, PGC 13553 [5] [3]

NGC 1409 is a quiescent [4] lenticular galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Taurus. It was discovered by the German-born astronomer William Herschel on January 6, 1785. [6] NGC 1409 is located in close proximity to the smaller Seyfert galaxy NGC 1410, and the two are strongly interacting. Their respective nuclei have a separation of just 23  kly, and they share a diffuse stellar envelope with a radius extending out to 49 kly. [4]

The morphological classification of this galaxy most closely matches type SB0, which indicates a barred lenticular galaxy. There is a conspicuous pipeline of dust and gas being funneled to NGC 1409 from NGC 1410. This lane has a typical width of 330 ly, passing to the north in front of NGC 1409 and then behind, becoming denser toward the galactic core. It has an estimated mass of 3×108  M☉ and is transferring mass at the estimated rate of 1.1–1.4 M☉ yr–1. However, there is no indications of recent star formation in NGC 1409 from this incoming material. [4]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1409. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Keel, William C. (March 2004). "Ongoing Mass Transfer in the Interacting Galaxy Pair NGC 1409/1410". The Astronomical Journal. 127 (3): 1325–1335. arXiv: astro-ph/0311633 . Bibcode:2004AJ....127.1325K. doi:10.1086/381927. S2CID   16772319.
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