| NGC 622 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 622 imaged by the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| 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] | |
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
- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c 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. Bibcode: 1999ApJS..121..287H. doi: 10.1086/313194.
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^ de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). "Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies". 3.9. New York:
Springer-Verlag.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ "NGC 622". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 622 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
External links
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