NGC 635

NGC 635 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of the Cetus about 626 million light years from the Milky Way. NGC 635 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
DSS image of NGC 624
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01^h 38^m 17.86^s[1]
Declination	−22° 55′ 44.1″[1]
Redshift	0.04673[1]
Helio 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)

References

1. "Results for object NGC 0635 (NGC 635)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
2. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 635". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
3. "MCG-04-05-002". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-20.