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Q49648
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 :
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 80.70
- Image
- NGC42 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 42
- catalog code
- LEDA 867
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Article
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.
See also