NGC 442
| Galaxy data from NGC 442 |
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| SDSS image from the galaxy NGC 442 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 14 m 38.6 s |
| declination | -01 ° 01 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018640 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 5588 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.4 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 442 • UGC 789 • PGC 4484 • CGCG 385-041 • MCG + 00-04-054 • IRAS 01121-0116 • PRC C-9, LDCE 0066 NED013 | |
NGC 442 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Whale , approximately 252 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on October 21, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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