page_title: NGC 442
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 442
caption_attribution_description: English: Galaxy NGC 442 Deutsch: Galaxie NGC 442 Français&#160;: Galaxie NGC 442 Español: Galaxia NGC 442 Italiano: Galassia NGC 442
context_page_description: NGC 442 is a spiral galaxy of type S0/a? located in the constellation Cetus. Lewis Swift discovered it on October 21, 1886. Dreyer first described it as "very faint, small, round, bright star to southeast." The star is actually located northeast of NGC 442, but, due to the way optical telescopes worked, it wasn't unusual for some confusion of directions to occur.
context_section_description: NGC 442 is a spiral galaxy of type S0/a? (edge on) located in the constellation Cetus. Lewis Swift discovered it on October 21, 1886. Dreyer first described it as "very faint, small, round, bright star to southeast." The star is actually located northeast of NGC 442, but, due to the way optical telescopes worked, it wasn't unusual for some confusion of directions to occur.
caption: NGC 431 as seen by 2MASS
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