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)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 47m 48.074s[1]
Declination	−16° 43′ 19.88″[1]
Redshift	0.01721±0.00003[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,160.03±9.89[2] km/s
Distance	235.6 ± 16.5 Mly (72.25 ± 5.07 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(s)c:[2]
Other designations
AGC 410352, LEDA 6587[3]