NGC 4222

NGC 4222 is an edge-on spiral galaxy^[2] located about 60 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[4] It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784 and is often misidentified as IC 3087.^[5] NGC 4222 is a member of the Virgo Cluster^[6][7] and is a companion of NGC 4216^[8] which lies about 180,000 ly (56 kpc) away.^[9][8] Despite this, the two galaxies are not interacting.^[9]

NGC 4222
SDSS image of NGC 4222.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 16m 22.5s[1]
Declination	13° 18′ 25″[1]
Redshift	0.000767[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	230 km/s[1]
Distance	62 Mly (19 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.86[1]
Characteristics
Type	Sd[1]
Size	~72,000 ly (22 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.25 x 0.45[1]
Other designations
CGCG 69-119, FGC 1396, IRAS 12138+1334, MCG 2-31-75, PGC 39308, UGC 7291, VCC 187[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)