NGC 7734

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Galaxy
NGC 7734
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Constellation Toucan
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 42 m 42.9 s
declination -65 ° 56 ′ 41 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB (rs) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.4 '× 1.2'
Position angle 119 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.035271 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity 10,574 ± 18 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(467 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(143.3 ± 10.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date November 2, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  7734 • PGC  72183 • ESO  110-023 • 2MASX  J23424291-6556405 • SGC  233957-6613.3 • SUMSS J234242-655648

NGC 7734 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 467 million light years from the Milky Way and about 195,000 ly in diameter. Together with NGC 7733 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 2, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 7734
  3. Seligman