IC 729
| Galaxy IC 729 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 18.3 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 20 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 354-007 |
| Redshift | 0.031135 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 9334 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(417 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (127.8 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 729 • PGC 36627 • CGCG 186-037 • 2MASX J11451829 + 3320090 • GALEX ASC J114518.36 + 332008.8 • USGC U418 NED07 | |
IC 729 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Big Dipper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 417 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3855 , NGC 3878 , IC 2952 , IC 2958 .
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 12, 1891 .