NGC 1728 | |
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legacy survey image of NGC 1721, NGC 1723, NGC 1725, and NGC 1728. The galaxy NGC 1728 is the left galaxy in the compact group in the middle. | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Right ascension | 04 59 27.719 |
Declination | −11° 07′ 22.48″ |
Redshift | 0.012632 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3763 ± 11 km/s |
Distance | 167.6 Mly (51.38 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sa pec |
Other designations | |
MCG -02-13-030, PGC 16495 |
NGC 1728 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue. It was discovered on November 10, 1885 by the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard.
References
- ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ "NGC 1728". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- 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. S2CID 11672751.
- "Results for object NGC 1728 (NGC 1728)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1700 - 1749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
External links
- Media related to NGC 1728 at Wikimedia Commons
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