NGC 741

{{Short description| Formerly active radio galaxy in the constellation of Pisces }}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 741

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 741

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|01|56|20.959}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+05|37|43.77}}

| h_radial_v = 5513 km/s

| z = 0.01856

| dist_ly = {{cvt|74.13|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751 }}

| group_cluster = NGC 741 group

| type = E0:{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20741&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0741 (NGC 741)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-12}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 11.26{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20741|title=Search specification: NGC 741|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-12}}

| appmag_b = 12.31

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=1413|MCG=+01-06-003|PGC=7252}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 741|accessdate=2021-02-12}}

}}

NGC 741, also known as PGC 7252, is a formerly active radio galaxy in the constellation of Pisces.{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Smoothed-exposure-corrected-Chandra-images-of-NGC-741-in-the-energy-range-05-50-keV-as_fig1_1902222 |title=Figure 1. Smoothed, exposure corrected Chandra images of NGC 741 in the... |website=ResearchGate |access-date=2019-05-25}}{{Cite journal |title=The nature of the ghost cavity in the NGC 741 group |journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume = 384|issue = 4|last1=Jetha |first1=Nazirah N. |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Martin J. |date=2008 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |pages=1344–1354 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12829.x |last3=Babul |first3=Arif |last4=O'Sullivan |first4=Ewan |last5=Ponman |first5=Trevor J. |last6=Raychaudhury |first6=Somak |last7=Vrtilek |first7=Jan| doi-access=free |bibcode = 2008MNRAS.384.1344J|arxiv = 0712.1150|s2cid = 15978368}}{{Cite journal |title=1980MNRAS.192..595J Page 595 |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |bibcode = 1980MNRAS.192..595J|last1=Jenkins |first1=C. R. |last2=Scheuer |first2=P. A. G. |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |year=1980 |volume=192 |page=595 |doi=10.1093/mnras/192.4.595 |doi-access=free }} Located 74.13 Mpc away, NGC 741 is part of a group of galaxies including NGC 742 and PGC 7250.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc7.htm#741|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2019-05-19}} NGC 741 and NGC 742 recently collided, although the disruption was minor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.webbdeepsky.com/galaxies/object/NGC741|title=Webb Deep-Sky Society: Galaxy of the Month: NGC741|website=www.webbdeepsky.com|access-date=2019-05-19}} Radio filaments have been found connecting NGC 741 to NGC 742, and due to the bent structure of the radio filaments, NGC 741 is estimated to be moving at 1400 km/s with respect to its local group, suggesting that ram-pressure stripping was created as a product of the former merger.{{Cite journal|last1=Schellenberger|first1=G.|last2=Vrtilek|first2=J.|last3=David|first3=L.|last4=O'Sullivan|first4=E.|last5=Giacintucci|first5=S.|last6=Johnston-Hollitt|first6=M.|last7=Duchesne|first7=S.|last8=Raychaudhury|first8=S.|date=2017-10-01|title=NGC 741 - Mergers and AGN feedback on galaxy groups scale|journal=The X-Ray Universe 2017|pages=205|bibcode=2017xru..conf..205S}}