Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 01 44 35.4353
- Declination
- +37 ° 41 ′ 45.165 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5654 ± 4 km/s
- Distance
- 259.7 ± 18.2 Mly (79.61 ± 5.58 Mpc )
- Type
- S pec
- Size
- ~89,600 ly (27.48 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 0.8′ × 0.5′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 75.51
- Image
- NGC 0662 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 6393
- Commons category
- NGC 662
- time of discovery or invention
- 1884-11-22
- redshift
- 0.018860
- apparent magnitude
- 10.797
- galaxy morphological type
- S
- right ascension
- 26.1476708
- declination
- 37.6957750
- radial velocity
- 5662
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NGC 662 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,397 ± 18 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 79.6 ± 5.6 Mpc (~260 million light-years). It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 22 November 1884.
According to the Simbad database, NGC 662 is a radio galaxy. It features a broad HI line and is classified a field galaxy, meaning it does not belong to the galaxy group nor a cluster and is therefore gravitationally isolated.
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