NGC 6211
| Galaxy NGC 6211 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 41 m 27.6 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 47 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ / pec: / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017589 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5273 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.7 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6211 • UGC 10516 • PGC 58775 • CGCG 299-014 • MCG + 10-24-27 • 2MASX J16412760 + 5747011 • | |
NGC 6211 is a 12.6 may bright Lenticular galaxy with active galaxies core from the Hubble type SB (r) 0 in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky . It is an estimated 238 million light years from the Milky Way , about 110,000 ly in diameter, and is cataloged as the Seyfert 2 galaxy .
The Ia supernova SN 2013cw was observed here. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6206 and NGC 6213 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6211. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6211. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6211. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 4, 2016 (English).