Q1147219
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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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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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