* Astronomy

NGC 42 (also MCG 4-1-41, UGC 118 or PGC 867) is a magnitude +13.8 elliptical galaxy located 275 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta on the 30th October 1864.

Position (J2000): R.A. 00h 12m 56.3s  |  Dec. +22° 06' 01"

It gravitationally interacts with NGC 41
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Credit SDSS