Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1042  ·  NGC 1047  ·  NGC 1048  ·  NGC 1052
NGC1042-1047-1052-1048-1048A, AlBroxton
NGC1042-1047-1052-1048-1048A
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NGC1042 is a spiral galaxy in the Constellation Cetus. Mag is 10.8. Distance is 60 million light years away. Surface brightness is 13.6. The galaxy appears near the spiral galaxy NGC1035 in the sky, and both have similar red shifts. The two objects may therefore be physically associated with each other. Its low surface brightness mandates relatively dark skies in order to image it well. The general structure of the swirl is reminiscent of another galaxy- NGC4535. These are two compact galaxies positioned at forefoot of Cetus, about 7.5degrees SE from Mira. Spiral one positioned in lower right hand side is NGC1042, and an elliptic one in upper left has an ID of NGC1052. They're floating with an interval of 15 arc minutes. Both have a size of 3 arc minutes in diameter and very dimmed with a visual brightness of 11th magnitude or so, you need a fairly large telescope to detect them with your own eyes. Discovered (Nov 10, 1885) by Lewis Swift .

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