The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects. It is one of the largest comprehensive catalogues, as it includes all types of deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae and absorption nebulae.
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NGC 2342
NGC 2342 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Gemini. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5445 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.31 ± 5.62 Mpc (∼262 million light-years). It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on 10 November 1864. NGC 2342 is also a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG). Together with NGC 2341, they both form a gravitationally bound galaxy pair called HOLM 301. One supernova has been observed in NGC 2342: SN 2023vck (type Ib, mag 19.9).
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NGC 2342 at In-The-Sky website