NGC 2729
Galaxy NGC 2729 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
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 |
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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