Right ascension 01 07 25.060 Redshift 0.005030 Apparent magnitude (B) 13.02 | Declination −69° 52′ 45.27″ Helio radial velocity 1508 Constellation Tucana | |
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Distance 66.30 ± 6.27 Mly (20.329 ± 1.923 Mpc) People also search for NGC 213, NGC 180, NGC 116, NGC 318 | ||
NGC 406 is a spiral galaxy quite similar to the well known Whirlpool Galaxy, located some 65 million light-years away, in the southern constellation of Tucana (the Toucan). NGC 406 is about 7004600000000000000♠60000 light-years across, roughly half the diameter of the Milky way.
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