NGC 727
| Galaxy NGC 727 / NGC 729 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 53 m 49.4 s |
| declination | -35 ° 51 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB: (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 76 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033523 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 10,050 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(446 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (136.8 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 727 • 729 • PGC 7027 • 7040 • ESO 354-010 • MCG -06-05-012 • 2MASX J01534938-3551222 • SGC 015138-3606.1 • GC 437 • h 2445 • GALEX ASC J015349.39-355121.4 • LDCE 117 NED002 | |
NGC 727 = NGC 729 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 446 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 1, 1834 by the British John Herschel (as NGC 727 ) and rediscovered on November 30, 1837 (as NGC 729 ).
Web links
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 727. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed November 7, 2015 .
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- NGC 727. DSO Browser, accessed November 7, 2015 .