NGC 4622B - Lenticular Galaxy in Centaurus
NGC 4622B is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Centaurus constellation. NGC 4622B is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.
NGC 4622B is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -3.6°
Azimuth: 194.0°
Direction: South-South-West
See also NGC 4622B rise and set times.
Given its B magnitude of 14.96, NGC 4622B is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.
Photometric information of NGC 4622B
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 4622B in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 4622B.
Apparent size of NGC 4622B
The following table reports NGC 4622B apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 4622B is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 4622B
The image below is a photograph of NGC 4622B from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

NGC 4622B - Lenticular Galaxy in Centaurus morphological classification
NGC 4622B - Lenticular Galaxy in Centaurus is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 4622B - Lenticular Galaxy in Centaurus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 4622B
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 4622B are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4622B in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.


Rise ans set times of NGC 4622B from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
NGC 4622B - Lenticular Galaxy in Centaurus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom