NGC 2442

Infobox Galaxy
name = NGC 2442 / 2443


caption = NGC 2442 on DSS2, 0.2° view
credit = Anglo-Australian Observatory/STScI/WikiSky
epoch = J2000
type = SAB(s)bc peccite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for NGC 2442 / 2443
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2006-11-25 ]
ra = RA|07|36|23.8
dec = DEC|-69|31|51
dist_ly =
z = 1466 ± 5 km/s
appmag_v = 11.2
size_v = 5′.5 × 4′.9
constellation name = Volans
notes = SW part is NGC 2442
while NE part is NGC 2443
names = PGC 21373

NGC 2442 / 2443 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. It was discovered by Sir John Herschel.Fact|date=February 2007 Associated with this galaxy is HIPASS J0731-69, a cloud of gas devoid of any stars.cite paper| author =Ryder, S.D. et al | title = HIPASS Detection of an Intergalactic Gas Cloud in the NGC 2442 Group | date =July 2001 | url =http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/bibcode=2001ApJ...555..232R | accessdate =2007-07-17] It is likely that the cloud was torn loose from NGC 2442 by a companion.

References

External links

* [http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/ngc_2442_in_volans.htm NGC 2442 in Volans]
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070315.html NGC 2442 on APOD]
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