NGC 622

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
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]