NGC 740

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 740

| image = NGC740 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| image_size =

| upright =

| caption = NGC 740 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

| alt =

| epoch = J2000

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Triangulum

| ra = {{RA|01|56|54.867}}

| dec = {{DEC|+33|00|54.63}}

| z =

| h_radial_v = 4,518 km/s

| gal_v =

| dist_pc =

| dist_ly = {{cvt|60.98|Mpc|Mly|order=flip|lk=on}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SBb?

| mass = {{Val|2.48|e=12}}

| mass_light_ratio =

| size = {{cvt|0.35|Mpc|kly|disp=out}}

| stars =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.9

| absmag_v =

| size_v = {{nowrap|1.017′ × 0.264′}}

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| h1_scale_length_pc =

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| notes =

| references =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=1421|MCG=+05-05-031|PGC=7316}}

}}

NGC 740 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Triangulum constellation. It is estimated to be 210 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 light-years. It was discovered by the Irish engineer Bindon Stoney, an assistant to William Parsons.

References

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{{Cite journal

| last1=Crook | first1=Aidan C. | last2=Huchra | first2=John P.

| last3=Martimbeau | first3=Nathalie | last4=Masters | first4=Karen L.

| last5=Jarrett | first5=Tom | last6=Macri | first6=Lucas M.

| title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey

| display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal

| volume=655 | issue=2 | pages=790–813 | date=February 2007

| doi=10.1086/510201 | arxiv=astro-ph/0610732

| bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C | s2cid=11672751 }}

{{Cite journal

| last1=de Vaucouleurs | first1=G. | last2=de Vaucouleurs | first2=A.

| last3=Corwin | first3=H. G. Jr. | last4=Buta | first4=R. J.

| last5=Paturel | first5=G. | last6=Fouque | first6=P.

| title=Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies

| version=3.9 | display-authors=1 | date=1991

| publisher=Springer-Verlag | location=New York }}

{{Cite web|url=https://telescopius.com/deep-sky/object/1635/ngc-740/galaxy?fromdsobrowser|title=Galaxy NGC 740 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum Constellation|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=Telescopius|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}

{{Cite web|url=http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_740|title=DOCdb - NGC 740|website=www.docdb.net|access-date=2019-12-09}}

{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+740&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2019-12-09}}

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0740

Category:Barred spiral galaxies

Category:Triangulum

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