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Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7742
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The Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7742 (also known as Galaxy NGC 7742 or NGC 7742) is the designation for a Type 2 Seyfert galaxy and a spiral galaxy that lies approximately 22 mega-parsecs (72 million light-years) away from Earth in the Pegasus constellation.
This galaxy shows evidence of highly ionized atoms because of the spectrum of its intensely luminous nucleus .
It appears much more the Fried Egg Galaxy than other claimants to the name.
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