Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Redshift
- z = 0.013747263232513962
- Coordinates
- RA 190.6568° · Dec -40.7442°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 12 42 37.7
- Declination
- −40 ° 44 ′ 35 ″
- Redshift
- 4,367 ± 39 km/ s
- Distance
- 200 million ly
- Type
- SA(r)ab
- Apparent size v
- 1′.7 × 1′.6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Distance from Earth
- 78.76
- Image
- NGC 4622HSTFull.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- Sb
- catalog code
- LEDA 42701
- Commons category
- NGC 4622
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-06-05
- apparent magnitude
- 9.043
- radial velocity
- 4223
- right ascension
- 190.6567542
- declination
- -40.7442806
- redshift
- 0.014567
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4622, also known as the Backward Galaxy, is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy with a very prominent ring structure located in the constellation Centaurus. The galaxy is a member of the Centaurus Cluster.
Spiral structure
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