NGC 736

NGC 736 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is an estimated 200 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 85,000 light years. NGC 736 was discovered on September 12, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[5][6][7]

NGC 736
SDSS image of NGC 736
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	01^h 56^m 40.871^s[1]
Declination	+33° 02′ 36.67″[1]
Redshift	0.014567[2]
Helio radial velocity	4335 km/s[2]
Distance	191.8 Mly (58.80 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.13[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.6[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)	-21.6[4]
Characteristics
Type	E[2]
Other designations
UGC 1414, MCG+05-05-028, PGC 7289[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
2. "NGC 736". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
4. "Results for object NGC 0736 (NGC 736)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 736 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 736". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
7. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.