NGC 2442, Rune Matthijssens
NGC 2442, Rune Matthijssens
NGC 2442, Rune Matthijssens
NGC 2442, Rune Matthijssens

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NGC 2442 or the Meathook Galaxy  

It is about 50 million light-years away in the constellationVolans.
It was discovered by Sir John Herschel on December 23, 1834 during his survey of southern skies with a 18.25 inch diameter reflecting telescope (his "20-foot telescope") from an observatory he set up in Cape Town, South Africa. Associated with this galaxy is HIPASS J0731-69, a cloud of gas devoid of any stars. It is likely that the cloud was torn loose from NGC 2442 by a companion.
When John Louis Emil Dreyer compiled the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars he used William Herschel's earlier observations that described two objects in a "double nebula", giving the northern most the designation NGC 2443 and the southernmost most the designation NGC 2442. Herschel's later observations noted that the two objects were actually a single large nebula. 
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NGC 2442, Rune Matthijssens