NGC 6962


Combination of 20, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG ST-9XE CCD. 12" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain telescope with an f/6.3 focal reducer.

NGC 6962 is the brightest member of a small group of galaxies located in the constellation Aquarius. Despite there being a fair number of NGC galaxies in the group, it is not mentioned in Abell's list of galaxy clusters. The distance to the cluster is about 200 million light years.

Below is an annotated image and table indicating some of the brighter galaxies.

Number Name R.A. Dec Mag
1 PGC 65351 20 46 32 00 12 31 15.5
2 PGC 65356 20 46 38 00 20 22 16.1
3 PGC 1169059 20 46 32 00 35 15 16.6
4 PGC 162626 20 47 03 00 26 12 16.3
5 NGC 6959 20 47 07 00 25 49 13.8
6 NGC 6961 20 47 10 00 21 48 15.4
7 NGC 6962 20 47 19 00 19 15 12.9
8 NGC 6964 20 47 24 00 16 15 12.9
9 IC 5058 20 47 21 00 09 24 14.0
10 NGC 6967 20 47 34 00 14 38 14.0