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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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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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