* Astronomy

NGC 41 (also IRAS 00101+2144, MCG 4-1-39 and PGC 865) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 273 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with NGC 42. 

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta on the 30th October 1864.

Position (J2000): R.A. 00h 12m 48.0s  |  Dec. +22° 01' 24"

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