NGC 462

{{Short description|Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 462

| image = 250px

| upright = 1.35

| alt = NGC 462

| caption = NGC 462 as seen on SDSS

| credit =

| epoch = J2000{{cite web|title=NGC 462|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?Ident=NGC%20462|publisher=SIMBAD|access-date=7 August 2014}}

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|01|18|10.9}}{{cite web|title=NGC 462|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?462|publisher=spider.seds.org|access-date=7 August 2014}}

| dec = {{DEC|+04|13|35}}

| z = 0.04650 ± 0.00010

| h_radial_v = 13615 ± 29 km/s

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = 623 MlyAn object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=H_o is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=H_o

| group_cluster =

| type = Elliptical

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| size =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 14,7

| appmag_b =

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 0,4' × 0,4'

| notes =

| names = PGC 4667, GC 5162, NPM1G +03.0047{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#462|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-08}}

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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.