NGC 690

NGC 690 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 236 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1885.[4][5]

NGC 690
NGC 690 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension01h 47m 48.074s[1]
Declination−16° 43′ 19.88″[1]
Redshift0.01721±0.00003[2]
Helio radial velocity5,160.03±9.89[2] km/s
Distance (comoving)235.6 ± 16.5 Mly (72.25 ± 5.07 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(s)c:[2]
Other designations
AGC 410352, LEDA 6587[3]

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "NGC 690". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 690 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  • Media related to NGC 690 at Wikimedia Commons


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