Galaxy · constellation Scl
NGC 642
NGC 642ESO 413-014MCG -05-05-003PGC 6112
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 1h 39m 06.3s
- Declination
- -29° 54' 54"
- Size
- 1.8′ × 1.1′
- Position angle
- 18°
- Magnitude
- 13.5 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.06 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBc
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
The APM position is 8 arcsec north of nucleus.
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