Astronomy:NGC 62

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Short description: Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 62
NGC62 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 62
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 00h 17m 05.43026s[1]
Declination−13° 29′ 13.5546″[1]
Redshift0.021799[2]
Helio radial velocity6464 km/s[2]
Distance213.5 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]

Discovery

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 62". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+62. 
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#62. Retrieved 2021-02-06. 

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