NGC 734
| Galaxy NGC 734 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 53 m 28.7 s |
| declination | -16 ° 59 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab? pec |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039904 +/- 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 11963 +/- 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(534 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (163.7 ± 11.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Preserved Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 734 • PGC 170023 • 2MASX J01532872-1659442 • | |
NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Whale , approximately 538 million light-years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on November 9, 1885 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth and described somewhat imprecisely, probably at that time PGC 170023 was observed. The galaxy used to be confused with PGC 8064.
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- NGC 734. DSO Browser, accessed February 21, 2016 .