NGC 622
| Galaxy NGC 622 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 36 m 00.1 s |
| declination | + 0 ° 39 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017215 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 5161 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.5 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 622 • UGC 1143 • PGC 5939 • CGCG 386-016 • MCG + 00-05-14 • IRAS 01334 + 0024 • 2MASX J01360013 + 0039481 • Mrk 571 • GC 366 • H III 454 • h 138 • UM 343 • KARA 56 | |
NGC 622 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Triangle in the northern sky . It is an estimated 233 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 110,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 145 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 9, 1785 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 622 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 622. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 2, 2015 .