NGC 736 | |
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![]() legacy surveys image of NGC 736 (center), as well as the galaxies NGC 733, NGC 738 and NGC 740 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Triangulum |
Right ascension | 01h 56m 40.871s[1] |
Declination | +33° 02′ 36.67″[1] |
Redshift | 0.014567[2] |
Heliocentric 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] |
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]