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Q49648

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Also known as New General Catalogue 42

galaxy in the constellation Pegasus

Key facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
00 12 56.361
Declination
+22 ° 06 ′ 01.00 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5914 km/s
Distance
263.2 Mly (80.70 Mpc )
Type
S0 :

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
80.70
Image
NGC42 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 42
catalog code
LEDA 867
time of discovery or invention
1864-10-30
redshift
0.019937
galaxy morphological type
E/S0
apparent magnitude
10.113
right ascension
3.2348375
declination
22.1002778
radial velocity
5914
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NGC 42 is a lenticular galaxy in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on October 30, 1864, by the German astronomer Albert Marth. It may be gravitationally interacting with the nearby NGC 41.

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