NGC 6213
| Galaxy NGC 6213 |
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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 37.2 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 48 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 622 |
| Redshift | 0.017936 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 5377 ± 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(249 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (76.2 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6213 • UGC 10516 N01 • PGC 58778 • CGCG 299-017 • MCG + 10-24-030 • 2MASX J16413722 + 5748533 • 2MASS J16413715 + 5748536 | |
NGC 6213 is a 14.8 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 249 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6206 and NGC 6211 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6213. SIMBAD , accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6213. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6213. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 4, 2016 .