NGC 741
| Galaxy NGC 741 / IC 1751 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 56 m 21.0 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 37 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 'x 2.9 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 741 group WBL 061-004 |
| Redshift | 0.018549 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5561 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.0 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 741 • IC 1751 • UGC 1413 • PGC 7252 • CGCG 413-008 • MCG + 01-06-003 • 2MASX J01562094 + 0537437 • VV 175a • GC 448 • H II 271 • h 172 • GALEX ASC J015621.09 + 053744.9 • LDCE 119 NED008 | |
NGC 741 = IC 1751 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 220,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 742 and IC 1746 .
The object was discovered on December 13, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel . On November 16, 1897, the same was observed by Lewis A. Swift and thereby received the entry IC 1751 in the index catalog .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 741. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 21, 2016 .
- NGC 741. DSO Browser, accessed February 21, 2016 .
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0741" overwrites the previously used key "IC1751".