NGC 462
NGC 462 as seen on SDSS
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 18m 10.9s[2]
Declination	+04° 13′ 35″[2]
Redshift	0.04650 ± 0.00010[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	13615 ± 29 km/s[1]
Distance	623 Mly[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14,7
Characteristics
Type	Elliptical
Apparent size (V)	0,4' × 0,4'
Other designations
PGC 4667, GC 5162, NPM1G +03.0047[4]

NGC 462 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered by Albert Marth on 23 October 1864. Dreyer, creator of the New General Catalogue, originally described it as "extremely faint, very small, stellar". The word stellar clearly suggests an initial misidentification of NGC 462 as a star.^[4]

See also

• Elliptical galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Pisces (constellation)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 462 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 462 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS

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