NGC 62

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]

NGC 62
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]

Discovery

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