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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Distance
2,653 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.04082361661640377
Coordinates
RA 28.3698° · Dec -16.9958°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 53 28.755118
Declination
−16 ° 59 ′ 44.8274 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
11989 km/s
Distance
540 Mly (166 Mpc )
Type
SB0-a

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Image
NGC 0734 SDSS2.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1885-11-09
catalog code
Gaia DR2 5141793868764785664
apparent magnitude
11.622
galaxy morphological type
SB0-a
Commons category
NGC 734
right ascension
28.36981175962980
declination
-16.99578626499400
radial velocity
11963
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NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar 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.

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

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