NGC 635

NGC 635 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus about 626 million light years from the Milky Way. NGC 635 was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1885.^[1][2] It is also known as MCG-04-05-002 or PGC 6062, although in SIMBAD its New General Catalogue designation is not recognized.^[3]

NGC 635
DECam image of NGC 635
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 38m 17.86s[1]
Declination	−22° 55′ 44.1″[1]
Redshift	0.04673[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	14010 km/s[1]
Distance	661.7 ± 46.4 Mly (202.88 ± 14.22 Mpc)[1]
Characteristics
Type	Sb(s)ab HII[1]
Other designations
MCG -04-05-002, PGC 6062[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)