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NGC 1622 — Galaxy in Eridanus

Galaxy Good (48/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 12.3m Galaxy Eridanus (Eri) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.3
Angular Size 2.9′ × 0.5′
Position Angle 29°
Distance 226.54 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SABa)
vF, S, *20 p 5s , 1618 p

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 36m 36.0s
Dec -03° 10' 60.0"
Constellation Eridanus (Eri)
Catalog NGC 1622

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard+
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Oct – Dec (peak: Nov)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1622 · 2.9′×0.5′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Nu Eri
Easy
Hot blue O-type star
Star mag 3.93 0.2° Eridanus
NGC 1638
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.1 1.9° Eridanus
NGC 1600
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.1 2.3° Eridanus
NGC 1653
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 2.4° Eridanus
NGC 1684
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 4.0° Orion
NGC 1788
Medium+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 5.80 7.6° Orion
66 Eri
Medium
Variable star, range 5.1–5.6
Variable Star mag 5.12 7.7° Eridanus
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