Right ascension 03 38.9 Type E1 Magnitude 10.3 Apparent magnitude (V) 10.3 | Declination −35° 35′ Apparent size (V) 2.5′ × 2.3′ Constellation Fornax | |
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Similar NGC 1399, NGC 1380, NGC 1387, NGC 1379, NGC 1427 | ||
NGC 1404 is an elliptical galaxy in the Southern constellation Fornax. It lies at a distance of 65 million light years from the Milky Way and it is one of the brightest members of the Fornax Cluster.
Characteristics
As usual with most elliptical galaxies, NGC 1404 is rich in globular clusters, with a population of them that has been estimated to be around 725; however it has been proposed it could have lost most of its globular clusters due to gravitational interactions with NGC 1399, the brightest galaxy of the Fornax Cluster.
Studies with the help of the X-Ray telescope Chandra show too how ram-pressure stripping caused by the motion of NGC 1404 through Fornax' intracluster medium is stripping this galaxy it of its hot gas, leaving behind a large trail.
References
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