NGC 1042 - NGC 1052 Galaxy Group (Jerry Macon)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Cetus (Cet) · Contains: NGC 1033 · NGC 1042 · NGC 1047 · NGC 1048 · NGC 1052

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NGC 1042 - NGC 1052 Galaxy Group

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Imaged: 10/20/2022, 10/21/2022, 10/25/2022, 10/28/2022
Chroma RGB 50mm Unmounted: 455 x 60"
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Such a lovely collection of small but very pretty galaxies. Two larger one, accompanied by MANY much smaller but very interesting ones.

NGC 1042 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 14.0.
The galaxy appears near the spiral galaxy NGC 1035 in the sky, and both have similar redshifts. The two objects may therefore be physically associated with each other.

NGC 1052 is located at a distance of around 63 million light years from the Milky Way,and has a LINER-type active galactic nucleus which signals the intense starburst activity in the galaxy's center that were confirmed with observations with better resolution showing a number of star-forming regions and young star clusters.

NGC 1052 shows also two small jets emerging from its nucleus as well as a very extended disc of neutral hydrogen, far larger than the galaxy itself. Additionally, the stars and the ionized gas rotate along different axes. All these features suggesting a gas-rich galaxy collided and merged with it 1 billion years ago producing all the above features.

The shape of NGC 1052 is thought to be a triaxial ellipsoid. The longest axis of the ellipsoid is probably aligned at a position angle of ?41°, which is the axis around which the ionized gas would be rotating.

A scale image of NGC 1052 and its satellite galaxies is available at the reference.
(Wikipedia)

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RA (center)	02h40m44s.164
RA (top/left)	02h39m30s.157
RA (top/right)	02h39m31s.652
RA (bottom/right)	02h41m58s.389
RA (bottom/left)	02h41m56s.601

Dec (center)	-08°20′44″.80
Dec (top/left)	-07°53′43″.34
Dec (top/right)	-08°48′02″.68
Dec (bottom/right)	-08°47′46″.99
Dec (bottom/left)	-07°53′25″.81

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