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M 32

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Right ascension: 00h 42m 41.82s
Declination: +40° 51′ 54.6″
Galactic l, b: 121.15, -21.98
Magnitude V: 8.08
Redshift z: -0.00066357
Radial velocity: -199 km/s
Proper motion: -17, -5 mas/yr
Angular size: 3.375′ × 2.734′

Also known as

24 identifiers

2MASS J00424182+40515472MASX J00424182+4051546AG+40 59AP J00424183+4051550APG 168Ark 12BD+40 147IRAS 00399+4035K79 1BLEDA 2555M 32[M98c] 003957.7+403529NGC 221PPM 43225RX J0042.6+4052UGC 452UZC J004241.8+405154WISE J004241.80+405154.9Z 0039.9+4036Z 535-16[CHM2007] HDC 29 J004241.82+4051546[CHM2007] LDC 31 J004241.82+4051546[FWB89] Galaxy 8MCG+07-02-015

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Ford NGC 221 27	PlanetaryNeb	3.872″	—
Ford NGC 221 23	PlanetaryNeb	7.257″	—
Ford NGC 221 26	PlanetaryNeb	7.708″	—
2E 148	Galaxy	7.788″	—
Ford NGC 221 24	PlanetaryNeb	8.589″	—
Ford NGC 221 25	PlanetaryNeb	9.632″	—
Ford NGC 221 21	PlanetaryNeb	15.66″	20.78
[SMC2011b] PN 4	PlanetaryNeb	23.28″	22.3
Ford NGC 221 6	PlanetaryNeb	51.96″	21.26
Ford NGC 221 5	PlanetaryNeb	52.28″	20.94
[MMD2006] 3300	PlanetaryNeb	55.09″	21.06

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-32 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.