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NGC 7829

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NGC 7829
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension00h 06m 29s
Declination-13° 25’ 14”
Apparent magnitude (B)15.07
Surface brightness24.82 mag/arcsec2
Other designations
2MASX J00062900-1325140, PGC 488

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7800 - 7840". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.