Q1147219

Also known as New General Catalogue 1142, New General Catalogue 1144

interacting galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 02 55 12.1
Declination: −00 ° 11 ′ 01 ″
Redshift: 0.028847 ± 0.000047
Heliocentric radial velocity: 8,648 ± 14 km / s
Distance: 375 Mly (115 Mpc )
Type: S pec (Ring B)
Size: 424,000 ly (130 kpc)
Apparent size v: 1.4 x 1.2 arcmin (secondary) and 1.56 x 0.83 arcmin (primary)
Notable features: Seyfert galaxy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Cetus
Distance from Earth: 119.9
Image: NGC 1144 -HST05479 3o-546m.png
Said to be same as: NGC 1142

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redshift: 0.0288
catalog code: PBC J0255.2-0011
discoverer or inventor: Édouard Stephan
Commons category: NGC 1142
galaxy morphological type: E
time of discovery or invention: 1864-10-05
apparent magnitude: 12.176
right ascension: 43.8009550
declination: -0.1835470
radial velocity: 8523
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1142 and NGC 1141 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey NGC 1142 (also known as NGC 1144) is a distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It is located about 370 million light years away from Earth, NGC 1142 is approximately 420,000 light years across. It is a type 2 Seyfert galaxy. It interacts with the elliptical galaxy NGC 1141.

It was discovered by Albert Marth on October 5, 1864, who noted a location 40 arcminutes north of the real location, and it was discovered independently on November 17, 1876, by Édouard Stephan.

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