Astronomy:NGC 734
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 734 | |
|---|---|
_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg) SDSS image of NGC 734 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 53m 28.755118s[1] |
| Declination | −16° 59′ 44.8274″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.040824[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 11989 km/s |
| Distance | 540 Mly (166 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.36[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0-a[3] |
| Other designations | |
| GSC 05856-01688, PGC 170023[1] | |
NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar[3] in the constellation Cetus, which is about 538 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 9, 1885, by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[4][2]
NGC 734 was identified as PGC 170023, but is often misidentified as PGC 7121.[5] SIMBAD also shows the position of NGC 734 as PGC 7121.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "LEDA 170023". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LEDA+170023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+734&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Search specification: NGC 734". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20734. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 734 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC734.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc7.htm#734.
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