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]
NGC 622 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 36m 00.134s[1] |
Declination | +00° 39′ 48.14″[1] |
Redshift | 0.01722±0.00003[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5,160.93±8.09[2] |
Distance | 233.9 ± 16.4 Mly (71.72 ± 5.03 Mpc)[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(rs)b[3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1143, MRK 571, PGC 5939[4] |
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