NGC 2729
| Galaxy NGC 2729 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 01 m 28.6 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 43 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012946 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (3881 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.2 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2729 • UGC 4737 • PGC 25352 • CGCG 033-046 • MCG + 01-23-018 • 2MASX J09012864 + 0343140 • LDCE 0605 NED004, spar 106A | |
NGC 2729 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is an estimated 167 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 3, 1864 .
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