Galaxy · Volans

NGC 2442

Also known as NGC 2443 · ESO 059-008 · PGC 21373

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Volans

Position (J2000)

7h 36m 24s · −69° 31′ 51″

Discovered

by John Frederick William Herschel in 1834

Pictures

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Magnitude

10.63

visual

Size

4.7′ × 3.1′

Distance

~53,000,000 ly

Best months

Dec–Feb

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.