NGC 2622
| Galaxy NGC 2622 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 38 m 10.9 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 53 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb / Sy1.8 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0 ′, 8 × 0 ′, 4 |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028624 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 8581 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.6 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 110,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2622 • PGC 24269 • CGCG 120-013 • MCG + 04-21-08 • IRAS F08352 + 2504 • 2MASX J08381094 + 2453427 • Mrk 1218 • GC 5428 • LDCE 0581 NED003 | |
NGC 2622 is a starburst and Seyfert galaxy in the constellation Cancer . It is around 380 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years .
Together with its nearby lenticular companion PGC 24266 , it forms a physically bonded pair . Both galaxies have spiral arms stretched by the tidal forces , in which gas and star formation regions extend far into space. The galaxies PGC 1718679 and PGC 1719307 are still in optical proximity.
The galaxy was discovered on March 29, 1865 by astronomer Albert Marth using a 48-inch reflector.
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