NGC 732

NGC 732 is a lenticular galaxy located 250 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on December 5, 1883[3] and is member of Abell 262.[4][5][6]

NGC 732
PanSTARRS image of NGC 732
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 01h 56m 27.7s[1]
Declination36° 48 08[1]
Redshift0.019660[1]
Helio radial velocity5894 km/s[1]
Distance250 Mly (77 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterAbell 262
Apparent magnitude (V)14.49[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Size~120,000 ly (37 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.4 x 1.0[1]
Other designations
Mrk 1011, MCG +06-05-057, PGC 007270, UGC 01406[1]

AT 2017fpt

On July 20, 2017 a type Ia supernova designated as was discovered in NGC 732.[7][8][9][10]

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See also

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 732. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. "NGC 732". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  5. Miller, Neal A.; Owen, Frazer N. (2001-06-01). "The Radio Galaxy Populations of Nearby Northern Abell Clusters". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 134 (2): 355–383. arXiv:astro-ph/0101114. Bibcode:2001ApJS..134..355M. doi:10.1086/320857. ISSN 0067-0049.
  6. Petrosian, Artashes; McLean, Brian; Allen, Ronald J.; MacKenty, John W. (2007-05-01). "Markarian Galaxies. I. The Optical Database and Atlas". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 170 (1): 33–70. Bibcode:2007ApJS..170...33P. doi:10.1086/511333. ISSN 0067-0049.
  7. "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  8. "Bright Supernovae - 2017". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  9. "2017fpt - The Open Supernova Catalog". Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  10. "Gaia17bux". gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-10.


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