NGC 406 explained

NGC 406
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Tucana
Z:	0.005030^[1]
H Radial V:	1508
Dist Ly:	20.329+/-
Type:	SA(s)c^[2]
Size:	60000abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Appmag B:	13.02
Names:	ESO 51-18, PGC 3980

NGC 406 is a spiral galaxy quite similar to the well known Whirlpool Galaxy, located some 65 million light-years away,^[1] in the southern constellation of Tucana (the Toucan) and discovered in 1834 by John Herschel. It is described in the New General Catalogue as "faint, very large, round, very gradually a little brighter middle".^[3] NGC 406 is about light-years across, roughly half the diameter of the Milky Way.

External links

• • A Cosmic Whirlpool in Tucana — ESA/Hubble Picture of the week
• SIMBAD search results for NGC 406

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 406. 12 February 2017.
2. NGC 406. 12 February 2017.
3. Web site: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449. cseligman.com. en-US. 2018-01-23.