NGC 721 | |
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Pan-STARRS image of NGC 721 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 01 54 45.45687 |
Declination | +39° 23′ 00.7702″ |
Redshift | 0.018566 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5514 km/s |
Distance | 182.6 Mly (55.98 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.8 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(rs)bc |
Other designations | |
UGC 1376, MCG 06-05-043, PGC 7097 |
NGC 721 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 250 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the Prussian astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest in 1862.
See also
References
- ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ "NGC 721". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- 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. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- "Results for object NGC 0721 (NGC 721)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 721 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 721". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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