NGC 692
NGC 692 imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	01h 48m 41.9528s[1]
Declination	−48° 38′ 54.460″[1]
Redshift	0.021181±0.0000300[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6,350±9 km/s[1]
Distance	298.0 ± 20.9 Mly (91.37 ± 6.40 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.05[1]
Characteristics
Type	(R')SB(r)bc[1]
Size	~313,100 ly (96.01 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.1′ × 1.8′[1]
Other designations
ESO 197- G 003, IRAS 01467-4853, 2MASX J01484201-4838542, PGC 6642[1]

NGC 692 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Phoenix. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6,088±24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 292.9 ± 20.5 Mly (89.79 ± 6.30 Mpc).^[1] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 October 1834.^[2]

NGC 692 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[3][4]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 692:

• SN 2007st (Type Ia, mag. 15.0) was discovered by Berto Monard [it] on 22 December 2007.^[5][6]
• SN 2010aa (Type Ia, mag. 16.4) was discovered by Berto Monard on 9 February 2010.^[7][8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 692 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 692 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images