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EntityQ846174· pop 36· linked from 650 articles

galaxy

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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q846174” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.