NGC 734

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NGC 734
NGC734 (PGC170023) - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 734
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 54m 29.04600s[1]
Declination−16° 42′ 25.8256″[1]
Redshift0.040813[2]
Helio radial velocity11986 km/s
Distance372.8 Mly (114.29 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB0-a[4]
Other designations
MCG -03-05-029, PGC 7078[1]

NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar[4] 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.[5][6]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "NGC 734". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ^ "Results for object NGC 0734 (NGC 734)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 734". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 734 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

External links[]

  • Media related to NGC 734 at Wikimedia Commons


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