Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2742
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NGC 2742, Gary Imm
NGC 2742, Gary Imm

NGC 2742

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NGC 2742, Gary Imm
NGC 2742, Gary Imm

NGC 2742

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Description

This small lonely spiral galaxy is located 70 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major at a declination of +60 degrees.  It is a magnitude 11.4 galaxy which spans 3 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 60,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about 20 degrees from edge-on.

This is a Many Arm galaxy, with the number of fragmented arms dependent upon who is doing the counting.  Several VV rows are seen in the outer arms.

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