NGC 725
| Galaxy NGC 725 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 01 h 52 m 35.5 s |
| declination | -16 ° 31 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034647 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 10387 ± 7 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(464 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.2 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 725 • PGC 6950 • MCG -03-05-25 • IRAS 01500-1647 • 2MASX J01523548-1631041 • GALEX ASC J015235.48-163104.2 | |
NGC 725 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 464 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 734 , NGC 756 , IC 1741 , IC 1745 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 9, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 725. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed November 7, 2015 .