NGC 1622

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Galaxy
NGC 1622
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NGC 1622 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Eridanus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 36 m 36.6 s
declination -03 ° 11 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) from:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 3.7 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 33 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016155 +/- 0.000025  
Radial velocity 4843 +/- 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(213 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(65.3 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery George Stoney
Discovery date January 16, 1850
Catalog names
NGC  1622 • PGC  15635 • MCG  -01-12-036 • IRAS  F04340-0317 • 2MASX  J04363665-0311200 • LEDA 15635 • LDCE 312 NED030

NGC 1622 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 213 million light years from the Milky Way and about 235,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 1618 and NGC 1625 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on January 16, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney .

Web links

Commons : NGC 1622  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 1622
  3. Seligman