NGC 734
NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy 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]
| NGC 734 | |
|---|---|
_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg) SDSS image of NGC 734 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 54m 29.04600s[1] |
| Declination | −16° 42′ 25.8256″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.040813[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 11986 km/s |
| Distance | 372.8 Mly (114.29 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-03-05-029, PGC 7078[4] | |
See also
References
- "NGC 734". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Results for object NGC 0734 (NGC 734)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- 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.
- "NGC 734". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 734 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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