NGC 734
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]
| NGC 734 | |
|---|---|
_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg.webp) 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[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0-a[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -03-05-029, PGC 7078[1] | |
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. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- "Search specification: NGC 734". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- 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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