Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- AGN
- Redshift
- z = 0.017579
- Morphology
- Spec
- Coordinates
- RA 107.3254° · Dec 20.6359°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Right ascension
- 07 09 18.0802
- Declination
- +20 ° 38 ′ 09.762 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5291 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 261.9 ± 18.3 Mly (80.29 ± 5.62 Mpc )
- Type
- S pec
- Size
- ~149,200 ly (45.73 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.4′ × 1.3′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Image
- NGC 2342.png
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- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- catalog code
- LEDA 20265
- radial velocity
- 5172
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-11-10
- redshift
- 0.017599
- galaxy morphological type
- Spec
- apparent magnitude
- 9.541
- right ascension
- 107.3253708
- declination
- 20.6358944
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 2342
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2342 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Gemini. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5445 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.31 ± 5.62 Mpc (~262 million light-years). It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on 10 November 1864.
NGC 2342 is a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG). Together with NGC 2341 [fr], they both form a gravitationally bound galaxy pair listed as HOLM 86.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1048356” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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