| NGC 690 | |
|---|---|
|   NGC 690 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey  | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus | 
| Right ascension | 01h 47m 48.074s [1] | 
| Declination | −16° 43′ 19.88″ [1] | 
| Redshift | 0.01721±0.00003 [2] | 
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,160.03±9.89 [2] km/s | 
| Distance | 235.6 ± 16.5 Mly (72.25 ± 5.07 Mpc) [2] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)c: [2] | 
| Other designations | |
| AGC 410352, LEDA 6587 [3] | |
NGC 690 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 236 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1885. [4] [5]
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