NGC 622
NGC 622 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 234 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1785.[5]
| NGC 622 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 622 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data | |
| Constellation | constellation Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 36m 00.134s[1] |
| Declination | +00° 39′ 48.14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01722±0.00003[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5,160.93±8.09[2] |
| Distance (comoving) | 233.9 ± 16.4 Mly (71.72 ± 5.03 Mpc)[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)b[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1143[4] | |
References
- Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- Huchra, John P.; et al. (April 1999). "The CFA Redshift Survey: Data for the South Galactic CAP". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 121 (2): 287–368. Bibcode:1999ApJS..121..287H. doi:10.1086/313194.
- de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "NGC 622". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 622 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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