NGC 1042
| Galaxy NGC 1042 |
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| SDSS , angle of view 8 '× 8' | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 40 m 24.0 s |
| declination | -08 ° 26 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.3 ′ × 3.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 988 group NGC 1052 group LGG 71 |
| Redshift | 0.004573 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1371 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.6 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1042 • PGC 10122 • MCG -02-07-054 • IRAS 02379-0838 • 2MASX J02402397-0826011 • HIPASS J0240-08 • LDCE 182 NED005 • KTS 18B | |
NGC 1042 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 61 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of 80,000 ly. Together with NGC 1035 and NGC 1052 , it forms the galaxy triplet KTS 18 .
Admission of GALEX
NGC 1042, NGC 1047, NGC 1048 and NGC 1052 with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on November 10, 1885 .
Web links
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