NGC 7042

NGC 7042 is a spiral galaxy located about 210 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.[2][3] NGC 7042 is part of a pair of galaxies that contains the galaxy NGC 7043.[4] NGC 7042 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on October 16, 1784.[5]

NGC 7042
The spiral galaxy NGC 7042.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension 21h 13m 45.8s[1]
Declination13° 34′ 30″[1]
Redshift0.016952/5082 km/s[1]
Distance211,900,000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.77[1]
Characteristics
TypeSb [1]
Size~146,110 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)2.0 x 1.8[1]
Other designations
CGCG 426-23, IRAS 21113+1321, KCPG 555A, MCG 2-54-13, PGC 66378, UGC 11702[1]

SN 2013fw

On October 23, 2013 a Type Ia supernova designated as SN 2013fw was discovered in NGC 7042.[6]

gollark: This seems... okay, I guess: https://www.mathsisfun.com/calculus/limits.html
gollark: It doesn't. The actual value of this is what it goes to as h approaches 0, and that isn't necessarily 0.
gollark: I see.
gollark: And presumably know about this more than me.
gollark: As you exist.

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7042. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  2. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7042 - Galaxy in Pegasus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  6. Masi, Gianluca (2013-10-26). "Supernova SN 2013fw (ex PSN J21134481+1334335) in NGC 7042: image and spectroscopy (23/25 Oct. 2013)". The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0. Retrieved 2017-06-26.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.