Astronomy:NGC 1728

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
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NGC 1728
legacy survey image of NGC 1721, NGC 1723, NGC 1725, and NGC 1728. The galaxy NGC 1728 is the left galaxy in the compact group in the middle.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationEridanus
Right ascension 04h 59m 27.719s[1]
Declination−11° 07′ 22.48″[1]
Redshift0.012632[2]
Helio radial velocity3763 ± 11 km/s[2]
Distance167.6 Mly (51.38 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13[2]
Characteristics
TypeSa pec[4]
Other designations
MCG-02-13-030, PGC 16495[2]

NGC 1728 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. It was discovered on November 10, 1885 by the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 1728". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1728. 
  3. ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 1728 (NGC 1728)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%201728&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-21. 
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1700 - 1749". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc17.htm#1728. Retrieved 2021-02-21. 

External links

Coordinates: Sky map 04h 59m 27.7s, −11° 07′ 23″




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