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NGC 5942

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NGC 5942

Summary

NGC 5942 is a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region[1]. NGC 5942 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 5942 is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift[3].
  • NGC 5942's instance of is recorded as low-ionization nuclear emission-line region[4].
  • NGC 5942's instance of is recorded as elliptical galaxy[5].
  • NGC 5942's constellation is recorded as Serpens[6].
  • NGC 5942's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E-S0[7].
  • NGC 5942's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E1[8].
  • NGC 5942 is part of Q67858724[9].
  • NGC 5942 is part of Q67791151[10].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as NGC 5942[11].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J15314219+0717147[12].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as MCG+01-40-002[13].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as PGC 55316[14].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as HCG 76d[15].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as Z 50-10[16].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as Z 1529.2+0728[17].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as UZC J153142.2+071715[18].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J153142.21+071714.6[19].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as NPM1G +07.0389[20].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 55316[21].
  • NGC 5942's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 1162693555934381312[22].
  • NGC 5942's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1887-04-19T00:00:00Z[23].
  • NGC 5942's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.03417'}[24].
  • NGC 5942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}[25].
  • NGC 5942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.15'}[26].
  • NGC 5942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.08'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include low-ionization nuclear emission-line region[4] and elliptical galaxy[5].

Use and Application

Part of include Q67858724[9] and Q67791151[10].

Why It Matters

NGC 5942 has Wikipedia articles in 25 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Demographics of Isolated Galaxies along the Hubble Sequence. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . A photometric catalog of compact groups of galaxies. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . A photometric catalog of compact groups of galaxies. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q1124261_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 5942}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1124261}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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