NGC 429

NGC 429
NGC 429
	NGC 429 as seen by 2MASS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 12m 57.4s
Declination	−00° 20′ 42″
Redshift	0.018763
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,625 km/s
Distance	304.96 Mly (93.500 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.3g
Absolute magnitude (V)	-22.25
Characteristics
Type	S0^0:
Apparent size (V)	1.52' × 0.35'
Other designations
	UGC 00762, CGCG 385-027, MCG +00-04-037, 2MASX J01125745-0020416, 2MASXi J0112572-002045, 6dF J0112574-002042, 6dFGSv 00673, PGC 4368.

NGC 429 is a lenticular galaxy of type S0^0: located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 20, 1786 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small."^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0429. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

External links

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[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0429. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[2] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

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