01h53m 28.755118s[1]
−16° 59′ 44.8274″[1]
0.040824[1]
11989 km/s
15.36[1]
Characteristics
SB0-a[3]
Other designations
NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar[3] in the constellation Cetus, which is about 538 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 9, 1885, by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[4][2]
NGC 734 was identified as PGC 170023, but is often misidentified as PGC 7121.[5] SIMBAD also shows the position of NGC 734 as PGC 7121.
Media related to NGC 734 at Wikimedia Commons
