NGC622 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC622 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:14, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:15, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC622
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 622[2]
Mrk 571[5]
UGC 1143[3]
PGC 5939[4]
Position
Right ascension:01h36m [4]
Declination:+00°39' [4]
Constellation:Cetus
Magnitude:14.10 (V) [5]
14.05 (B) [2]
11.41 (J) [2]
10.76 (H) [2]
10.41 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sb
Distance:84.8 Mpc
276.4 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.77
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.54

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