NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC1042
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:40:23.9
Declination: -8:26:3
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, L, R, np of 2
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1042
48" (10/26/16): at 488x; bright, very large, face-on spiral with a small bright core and a relatively small weak bar oreinted ~NW-SE. Low contrast spiral structure is visible around the core. Most prominent, though, is an outer spiral arm along the east side sweeping N-S in a gentle arc and brightest just to the west of a mag 13.6 star [SDSS reveals numerous HII knots] situated 1.6' SE of the core. The outer spiral arm along the western edge is more diffuse and ill-defined, passing just east of a 16th magnitude star 1.7' WSW of the core.
17.5" (11/1/86): very large, very diffuse low surface brightness system best viewed at 83x or 133x. Almost round, slightly brighter on the SE end with either a very faint star(s) superimposed or a brighter knot. Forms a pair with NGC 1048 (double system) 6' SSE and NGC 1052 lies 14' NE.
13" (9/3/86): very large but diffuse, only a very weak concentration.
13" (9/9/83): large, very diffuse, no central brightening, irregularly round, best at 62x (too large and diffuse for higher power).