NGC 1409

NGC 1409 is an interacting elliptical galaxy in the constellation Taurus. There appears to be a pipeline of gas being funneled to NGC 1409 from NGC 1410. This pipeline is creating significant stellar birth in NGC 1410.

NGC 1409
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1410 (left) and NGC 1409 (right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTaurus[1]
Right ascension 3h 41m 10.4s[2]
Declination−1° 18 9[2]
Redshift7750 ± 40 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.4[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB pec[2]
Apparent size (V)1.0 × 0.8[2]
Other designations
UGC 2821,[2] PGC 13553[2]

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