NGC 7408

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NGC 7408 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Tucana. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 13.33 and an angular size of 1.5′ × 1.2′. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,372±13 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 162.2 ± 11.4 Mly (49.73 ± 3.49 Mpc).

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