NGC 4729 is an elliptical galaxy located about 160 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. NGC 4729 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on June 8, 1834 and is a member of the Centaurus Cluster.
Galaxy in the constellation Centaurus
NGC 4729
All data from the card 11
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 12h 51m 46.3s
- Declination
- −41° 07′ 56″
- Redshift
- 0.011154
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3344 km/s
- Distance
- 161 Mly (49.5 Mpc)
- Group or cluster
- Centaurus Cluster
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 13.42
- Type
- E0
- Size
- ~67,000 ly (20.55 kpc) (estimated)
- Apparent size (V)
- 1.5 x 1.4
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