EntityQ1050611· pop 28

NGC 2742

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Also known as New General Catalogue 2742, New General Catalogue 2816

spiral galax in the constellation Ursa Major

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Distance: 3,700 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.004325675036974896
Morphology: SA
Coordinates: RA 136.8899° · Dec 60.4794°

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Instance of: galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance from Earth: 21.88
Image: NGC 2742 SDSS.jpg

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discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1790-03-19
catalog code: Gaia DR2 1039537292866934784
apparent magnitude: 10.829
galaxy morphological type: SAc
redshift: 0.00427
Commons category: NGC 2742
right ascension: 136.88989872609620
declination: 60.47939815258600
radial velocity: 1277
epoch: J2000.0

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