NGC 7829

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.

ConstellationCetus

Right ascension00^h 06^m 28.9836^s[1]

Declination−13° 25′ 14.256″^[1]

Apparent magnitude(B)15.07

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NGC 7829
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 06m 28.9836s[1]
Declination	−13° 25′ 14.256″[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.07
Surface brightness	24.82 mag/arcsec2
Characteristics
Type	S0 pec[1]
Other designations
2MASX J00062900-1325140, PGC 488

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