Astronomy:NGC 622

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 622
NGC 0622 SDSS.jpg
NGC 622 imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 01h 36m 00.134s[1]
Declination+00° 39′ 48.14″[1]
Redshift0.01722±0.00003[2]
Helio radial velocity5,160.93±8.09[2]
Distance233.9 ± 16.4 Mly (71.72 ± 5.03 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Huchra, John P. et al. (April 1999). "The CFA Redshift Survey: Data for the South Galactic CAP". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 121 (2): 287–368. doi:10.1086/313194. Bibcode1999ApJS..121..287H. 
  3. de Vaucouleurs, G. et al. (1991). Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies. 3.9. New York: Springer-Verlag. 
  4. "NGC 622". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+622. 
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 622 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=679. 

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