NGC 3622

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Galaxy
NGC 3622
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 20 m 12.2 s
declination + 67 ° 14 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 0.5'
Position angle 7 °
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004325 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity (1297 ± 2) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(63 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(19.3 ± 1.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 6, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  3622 • UGC  6339 • PGC  34692 • CGCG  314-020 • 2MASX  J11201242 + 6714304 • GC  2372 • H  II 879 • h  853 • LDCE 0806 NED001

NGC 3622 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the north star sky . It is an estimated 63 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 6, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 3622  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3622
  3. Seligman