NGC 622
| NGC 622 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 622 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01h 36m 00.134s[1] |
| Declination | +00° 39′ 48.14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01722±0.00003[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,160.93±8.09[2] |
| Distance | 233.9 ± 16.4 Mly (71.72 ± 5.03 Mpc)[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)b[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1143, MRK 571, PGC 5939[4] | |
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]
References
- ^ S2CID 18913331.
- ^ doi:10.1086/313194.
- Springer-Verlag.)
{{cite journal}}: 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.
External links
Media related to NGC 622 at Wikimedia Commons
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