NGC 734

NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy 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.[5][6]

NGC 734
SDSS image of NGC 734
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01^h 54^m 29.04600^s[1]
Declination	−16° 42′ 25.8256″[1]
Redshift	0.040813[2]
Helio radial velocity	11986 km/s
Distance	372.8 Mly (114.29 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15[4]
Other designations
MCG-03-05-029, PGC 7078[4]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "NGC 734". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
2. "Results for object NGC 0734 (NGC 734)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
4. "NGC 734". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 734 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.