NGC 7829

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NGC 7829
NGC 7828 NGc 7829 legacy dr10.jpg
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 06m 28.9836s [1]
Declination −13° 25 14.256 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.07
Surface brightness 24.82 mag/arcsec2
Characteristics
Type S0 pec [1]
Other designations
2MASX J00062900-1325140, PGC 488

NGC 7829 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. [1] NGC 7829 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. [2] NGC 7829 forms with its neighbor NGC 7828 a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies. The pair appears in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 144.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 - 7840". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.