NGC 7829 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus.[1] NGC 7829 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[2] NGC 7829 forms with its neighbor NGC 7828 a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies. The pair appears in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 144.
| NGC 7829 | |
|---|---|
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 06m 28.9836s[1] |
| Declination | −13° 25′ 14.256″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.07 |
| Surface brightness | 24.82 mag/arcsec2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0 pec[1] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J00062900-1325140, PGC 488 | |
See also
editExternal links
edit- NGC 7829 at SIMBAD
References
edit- ^ a b c d "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 - 7840". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.