NGC 7042

NGC 7042
NGC 7042
	The spiral galaxy NGC 7042 (lower right) and NGC 7043 (upper left).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	21h 13m 45.9074s
Declination	+13° 34′ 29.745″
Redshift	0.016952
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,082 km/s
Distance	211.9 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.77
Characteristics
Type	Sb
Size	~146,110 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	2.0 x 1.8
Other designations
	KCPG 555A, IRAS 21113+1321, UGC 11702, MCG 2-54-13, PGC 66378, CGCG 426-23

NGC 7042 is a spiral galaxy located about 210 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.^[2]^[3] NGC 7042 is part of a pair of galaxies that contains the galaxy NGC 7043.^[4] Astronomer William Herschel discovered NGC 7042 on October 16, 1784.^[5]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 7042:

SN 2013fw (Type Ia, mag. 17.1) was discovered by Zhangwei Jin and Xing Gao on October 23, 2013.^[6]^[7]^[8]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7042. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 7042 - Galaxy in Pegasus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 7000 - 7049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
↑ Jin, Zhangwei; Gao, Xing; Koff, R. A.; Masi, Gianluca; Nocentini, Francesca; Schmeer, Patrick; James, N.; Brimacombe, J.; Howell, D. A.; Sand, D.; Valenti, S.; Arcavi, I. (2013). "Supernova 2013fw in NGC 7042 = PSN J21134481+1334335". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3681): 1. Bibcode:2013CBET.3681....1J.
↑ "SN 2013fw". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
↑ Masi, Gianluca (2013-10-26). "Supernova SN 2013fw (ex PSN J21134481+1334335) in NGC 7042: image and spectroscopy (23/25 Oct. 2013)". The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0. Retrieved 2017-06-26.