From peak to peak, NGC 6872 measures over 500 000 light years, making it the second largest spiral galaxy discovered to date. ngc 262 is a giant spiral galaxy in the cluster LGG 14.From peak to peak, NGC 6872 measures over 500 000 light years, making it the second largest spiral galaxy discovered to date. NGC 262 is a giant spiral galaxy in the LGG 14 star cluster. Its unusual shape is caused by interaction with the smaller galaxy IC 4970, which can be seen directly above NGC 6872. NGC 262(Markarian 34 Basic Stuff Type of Galaxy Spiral GalaxySeyfert 2 Galaxy(S0a) Star Population 15,000,000,000 Character Data Gender Male Friends IC 1101, Malin 1, Coma A Enemies Messier 87 NGC 262 (more correctly Markarian 34) is a galaxy with 15 trillion stars.
NGC 262 was discovered on 17 September 1885 by the American astronomers Lewis A.
