NGC 1642
| Galaxy NGC 1642 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 42 m 54.9 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 37 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 120 |
| Redshift | 0.015428 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | (4625 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.4 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1642 • UGC 3140 • PGC 15867 • CGCG 393-073 • MCG + 00-12-072 • 2MASX J04425489 + 0037070 • | |
NGC 1642 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Taurus. It is an estimated 204 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on December 29, 1861 .