NGC 732

NGC 732 is a lenticular galaxy located 250 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on December 5, 1883[3] and is member of Abell 262.[4][5][6]

NGC 732
PanSTARRS image of NGC 732
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	01^h 56^m 27.7^s[1]
Declination	36° 48′ 08″[1]
Redshift	0.019660[1]
Helio radial velocity	5894 km/s[1]
Distance	250 Mly (77 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Abell 262
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.49[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Size	~120,000 ly (37 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.4 x 1.0[1]
Other designations
Mrk 1011, MCG +06-05-057, PGC 007270, UGC 01406[1]

AT 2017fpt

On July 20, 2017 a type Ia supernova designated as was discovered in NGC 732.[7][8][9][10]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 732. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
3. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
4. "NGC 732". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
5. Miller, Neal A.; Owen, Frazer N. (2001-06-01). "The Radio Galaxy Populations of Nearby Northern Abell Clusters". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 134 (2): 355–383. arXiv:astro-ph/0101114. Bibcode:2001ApJS..134..355M. doi:10.1086/320857. ISSN 0067-0049. S2CID 119052072.
6. Petrosian, Artashes; McLean, Brian; Allen, Ronald J.; MacKenty, John W. (2007-05-01). "Markarian Galaxies. I. The Optical Database and Atlas". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 170 (1): 33–70. Bibcode:2007ApJS..170...33P. doi:10.1086/511333. ISSN 0067-0049.
7. "List of supernovae sorted by host name". Bright Supernova - Archives. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
8. "Bright Supernovae - 2017". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
9. "2017fpt - The Open Supernova Catalog". Retrieved 2019-02-10.
10. "Gaia17bux". gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-10.

External links

• Media related to NGC 732 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 732 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images