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NGC 942

NGC 942
Object NGC 942 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 942 - galaxy in the constellation Ceti
Type: S0-a - lenticular galaxy
The angular dimensions: 2.80'x1.3'
magnitude: V=13.0m; B=13.9m
The surface brightness: 14.3 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 2h29m10.2s; Dec= -10°50'8"
redshift (z): 0.015064
The distance from the Sun to NGC 942: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 63.6 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 942 : PGC 9458, MCG -2-7-18, VV 217, Arp 309, NPM1G -11.0090

Nearby objects: NGC 940, NGC 941, NGC 943, NGC 944

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