NGC 1728
Coordinates: Sky map 04h 59m 27.7s, −11° 07′ 23′′
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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
| NGC 1728 | |
|---|---|
| NGC 1728 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 | 04h 59m 27.719s[1] |
| Declination | −11° 07′ 22.48″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.012632[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3763 ± 11 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 167.6 Mly (51.38 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sa pec[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -02-13-030, PGC 16495[2] | |
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.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 1728". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021年02月21日.
- ^ 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年02月21日.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1700 - 1749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021年02月21日.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to NGC 1728 at Wikimedia Commons
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