| NGC 62 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 62 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 17m 05.43026s[1] |
| Declination | −13° 29′ 13.5546″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.021799[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6464 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 213.5 Mly (65.46 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SB(r)a:[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -02-01-043, PGC 1125[2] | |
NGC 62 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. NGC 62 is its New General Catalogue designation. It has an apparent magnitude of 13.2.[4]
Discovery
NGC 62 was discovered by Édouard Stephan from France on 8 October 1883.[4]
References
- 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- 1 2 3 4 "NGC 62". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
External links
Media related to NGC 62 at Wikimedia Commons
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