NGC 62

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]

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]

Discovery

NGC 62 was discovered by Édouard Stephan from France on 8 October 1883.^[4]

References

1. 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.
2. "NGC 62". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
3. 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.
4. 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