Q695514

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: SyG
Distance: 101,291 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.0046
Morphology: SAB
Coordinates: RA 40.0999° · Dec -8.4335°

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Key facts

Constellation: Cetus
Right ascension: 02 40 24.0
Declination: −08 ° 26 ′ 01 ″
Redshift: 0.004573 ± 0.000007
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1,371 ± 2 km/s
Distance: 55.5 Mly (17.02 Mpc )
Group or cluster: NGC 1052 group
Type: SAB(rs)cd
Size: 39,200 ly
Apparent size v: 2.3 ′ × 1.0 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 18.55
Image: NGC1042-hst-R606GB450.jpg

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redshift: 0.00462
catalog code: LEDA 10122
time of discovery or invention: 1885-11-10
Commons category: NGC 1042
apparent magnitude: 8.848
galaxy morphological type: SABcd
right ascension: 40.09988562369000
declination: -8.43354149858340
radial velocity: 1376
parallax: 0.1069
right ascension component of proper motion: 0.771
declination component of proper motion: 0.644

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Article

NGC 1042 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 10 November 1885 by American astronomer Lewis Swift. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 14.0.

NGC 1042 is a low-luminosity active galaxy. Furthermore, its luminosity class is III–IV and it has a broad HI line. It is known that NGC 1042 also hosts an intermediate-mass black hole in its center.