NGC 62
| Galaxy NGC 62 |
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| Recording from SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 17 m 05.42 s |
| declination | -13 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | +13.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | +13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021562 +/- 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | (+6464 ± 39) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(291 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.3 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 62 • PGC 1125 • MCG -02-01-043 • IRAS 00145-1345 • 2MASX J00170541-1329138 • HOLM 005A | |
NGC 62 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 291 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on October 8, 1883 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 62 - collection of images, videos and audio files
