NGC 734

NGC 734
SDSS image of NGC 734
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01^h 53^m 28.755118^s[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]

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.

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "LEDA 170023". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
3. "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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 734 at Wikimedia Commons