NGC 662
| Galaxy NGC 662 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 44 m 35.4 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018860 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 5654 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.4 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 662 • UGC 1220 • PGC 6393 • CGCG 521-073 • MCG + 6-04-60 • IRAS 01416 + 3726 • 2MASX J01443544 + 3741447 • 5ZW 98 • KUG 0141 + 374 • KARA 62 | |
NGC 662 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 259 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 59,000 ly.
The object was discovered on November 22, 1884 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 662 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 662. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 8, 2015 .