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NGC 6942

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Indus
Thing galaxy Q1148680
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NGC 6942

Summary

NGC 6942 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 6942 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6942 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6942's image is recorded as NGC 6942 legacy dr10.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6942's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 6942's constellation is recorded as Indus[6].
  • NGC 6942's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SB0-a[7].
  • NGC 6942's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SBa[8].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6942[9].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J20403786-5418110[10].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as ESO 186-73[11].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as PGC 65172[12].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 186-0730[13].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as AM 2036-542[14].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ204037.9-541811[15].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as SGC 203652-5428.9[16].
  • NGC 6942's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 65172[17].
  • NGC 6942's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1836-06-09T00:00:00Z[18].
  • NGC 6942's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.010914'}[19].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.10'}[20].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.87'}[21].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.38'}[22].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.668'}[23].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.990'}[24].
  • NGC 6942's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.723'}[25].
  • NGC 6942's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+3274'}[26].
  • NGC 6942's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3773454', 'amount': '+41.88'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6942 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6942 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Southern Sky Redshift Survey: The catalog. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. 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_q1148680_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6942}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1148680}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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