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Vinony's link graph records 718 inbound references to Q695514, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), list of NGC objects (1–1000) and redshift.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1885, Cetus and Discoveries by Lewis Swift.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- SyG
- Distance
- 101,291 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.0046
- Morphology
- SAB
- Coordinates
- RA 40.0999° · Dec -8.4335°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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 ′
via Wikipedia infobox
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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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