NGC 1404

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Elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster

title: "NGC 1404" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eridanus-(constellation)", "fornax-cluster", "elliptical-galaxies", "ngc-objects", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects"] description: "Elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1404" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox galaxy"]

FieldValue
image[[File:Falling in Fornax.jpg
altNGC 1404
captionNGC 1404 imaged by the Very Large Telescope
epochJ2000
constellation nameEridanus
ra
dec
h_radial_v1942 ± 48 km/s
z0.006498
dist_ly18.7 Mpc
typeE1
appmag_v10.00
appmag_b10.97
size_v3.3 × 3.0
names
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| image = [[File:Falling in Fornax.jpg|250px]] | alt = NGC 1404 | caption = NGC 1404 imaged by the Very Large Telescope | epoch = J2000 | constellation name = Eridanus | ra = | dec = | h_radial_v = 1942 ± 48 km/s | z = 0.006498 | dist_ly = 18.7 Mpc | group_cluster = | type = E1 | size = | appmag_v = 10.00 | appmag_b = 10.97 | absmag_v = | size_v = 3.3 × 3.0 | notes = | names =

NGC 1404 is an elliptical galaxy in the Southern constellation Eridanus. It was discovered on November 28, 1837, by the astronomer John Herschel. Based on the tip of the red-giant branch distance indicator, it lies at a distance of approximately 60 million light-years from the Milky Way.{{Cite journal | last1 = Blakeslee | first1 = J. P. | last2 = Jordan | first2 = A. | last3 = Mei | first3 = S. | last4 = Cote | first4 = P. | last5 = Ferrarese | first5 = L. | last6 = Infante | first6 = L. | last7 = Tonry | first7 = J. L. | date = March 2009 | journal = The Astrophysical Journal | volume = 694 | issue = 1 | pages = 556–572 | title = The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. V. Measurement and Recalibration of Surface Brightness Fluctuations and a Precise Value of the Fornax–Virgo Relative Distance | url = http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2009ApJ...694..556B&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1|arxiv = 0901.1138 |bibcode = 2009ApJ...694..556B |doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/556 | s2cid = 16521293

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;{{Cite journal | last1 = Forbes | first1 = D. A. | last2 = Grillmair | first2 = C. J. | last3 = Williger | first3 = G. M. | last4 = Emerson | first4 = R. A. W. | last5 = Brodie | first5 = J. P. | date = January 1998 | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 293 | issue = 3 | pages = 325–336 | title = HST imaging of the globular clusters in the Fornax cluster – NGC 1399 and NGC 1404 | url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?arXiv:astro-ph/9708025|arxiv = astro-ph/9708025 |bibcode = 1998MNRAS.293..325F |doi = 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01202.x | doi-access = free | s2cid = 119362742 | last1 = Bekki | first1 = K. | last2 = Forbes | first2 = D. A. | last3 = Beasley | first3 = M. A. | last4 = Couch | first4 = W. J. | date = October 2003 |author-link4=Warrick Couch | journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume = 334 | issue = 4 | pages = 1334–1344 | title = Dynamical evolution of globular cluster systems in clusters of galaxies – I. The case of NGC 1404 in the Fornax cluster | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06925.x | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2003MNRAS.344.1334B|arxiv = astro-ph/0308202 | s2cid = 16549156

Studies using the X-ray telescope Chandra show how the ram-pressure stripping caused by the motion of NGC 1404 through Fornax' intracluster medium is stripping the galaxy of its hot gas,{{Cite journal | last1 = Machaceck | first1 = M. | last2 = Dosaj. | first2 = A. | last3 = Forman | first3 = W. | last4 = Jones | first4 = C. | last5 = Markevitch | first5 = M. | last6 = Vikhlinin | first6 = A. | last7 = Warmflash | first7 = A. | last8 = Kraft | first8 = R. | date = March 2005 | journal = The Astrophysical Journal | volume = 621 | issue = 2 | pages = 663–672 | title = Infall of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1404 into the Fornax Cluster | url = http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2005ApJ...621..663M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1|arxiv = astro-ph/0408159 |bibcode = 2005ApJ...621..663M |doi = 10.1086/427548 | s2cid = 14902493 Motions of Nearby Galaxy Cluster Reveal Presence of Hidden Superstructure

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1404:

  • SN 2007on (TypeIa, mag. 14.9) was discovered by the TAROT collaboration on 5 November 2007.
  • SN2011iv (TypeIa, mag. 12.8) was discovered by Stuart Parker on 2 December 2011.

Gallery

NGC 1404SST.jpg|False-color image of NGC 1404 taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope

References

References

  1. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal.
  2. (2021). "The Carnegie Chicago Hubble Program X: Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances to NGC 5643 and NGC 1404". The Astrophysical Journal.
  3. (December 2007). "The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
  4. "NGC 1404".
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1400–1449".
  6. "Falling in Fornax".
  7. (2007). "Supernova 2007on in NGC 1404". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams.
  8. "SN{{nbsp}}2007on". [[International_Astronomical_Union.
  9. (2011). "Supernova 2011iv in NGC 1404 = PSN J03385135-3535320". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams.
  10. "SN{{nbsp}}2011iv". [[International_Astronomical_Union.

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