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NGC 942

Summary

NGC 942 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 942 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 942 is credited with the discovery of Frank Muller[3].
  • NGC 942's instance of is recorded as galaxy[4].
  • NGC 942's instance of is recorded as infrared source[5].
  • NGC 942's instance of is recorded as lenticular galaxy[6].
  • NGC 942's constellation is recorded as Cetus[7].
  • NGC 942's galaxy morphological type is recorded as S0-a[8].
  • NGC 942's Commons category is recorded as NGC 942[9].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as NGC 942[10].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as NPM1G -11.0090[11].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as PGC 9458[12].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J02291030-1050099[13].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as GSC 05282-01753[14].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as MCG-02-07-018[15].
  • NGC 942's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 9458[16].
  • NGC 942's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • NGC 942's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.015387'}[18].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13'}[19].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.0955'}[20].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.77'}[21].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.08'}[22].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.83'}[23].
  • NGC 942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.0'}[24].
  • NGC 942's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+4653'}[25].
  • NGC 942's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3773454', 'amount': '+63.0'}[26].
  • NGC 942's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+37.29289351103740'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include galaxy[4], infrared source[5], and lenticular galaxy[6].

Why It Matters

NGC 942 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The Guide Star Catalog, Version 1.2: An Astrometric Recalibration and Other Refinements. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The southern sky redshift survey. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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