NGC 692

NGC 692 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Phoenix. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 October 1834.

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.

Supernovae Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 692: SN 2007st (TypeIa, mag. 15.0) was discovered by on 22 December 2007. SN 2010aa (Type Ia, mag. 16.4) was discovered by Berto Monard on 9 February 2010.

See also List of NGC objects (1–1000)

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