NGC 6024
| Galaxy NGC 6024 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 53 m 07.9 s |
| declination | + 64 ° 55 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030281 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (9078 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(413 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (126.7 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6024 • PGC 56294 • CGCG 319-032 • MCG + 11-19-26 • 2MASX J15530789 + 6455050 • GALEX ASC J155307.69 + 645504.3 | |
NGC 6024 is a 14.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 413 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6019 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6024. SIMBAD , accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6024. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6024. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).