NGC 62

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NGC 62
NGC62 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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]

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Discovery

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

References

  1. 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 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.


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