NGC 734

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NGC 734
NGC734 (PGC170023) - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 734
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 01h 53m 28.755118s [1]
Declination −16° 59′ 44.8274″ [1]
Redshift 0.040824 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 11989 km/s
Distance 540  Mly (166  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.36 [1]
Characteristics
Type SB0-a [3]
Other designations
GSC 05856-01688, PGC 170023 [1]

NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar [3] in the constellation Cetus, which is about 538 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 9, 1885, by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth. [4] [2]

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NGC 734 was identified as PGC 170023, but is often misidentified as PGC 7121. [5] SIMBAD also shows the position of NGC 734 as PGC 7121.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "LEDA 170023". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  3. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 734". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  4. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 734 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2023-06-05.


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