| NGC 62 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 62 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00 17 05.43026 |
| Declination | −13° 29′ 13.5546″ |
| Redshift | 0.021799 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6464 km/s |
| Distance | 213.5 Mly (65.46 Mpc) |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SB(r)a: |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -02-01-043, PGC 1125 | |
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.
Discovery
NGC 62 was discovered by Édouard Stephan from France on 8 October 1883.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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