NGC 6214
| Galaxy NGC 6214 |
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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 39 m 31.9 s |
| declination | + 66 ° 02 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025414 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7619 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(349 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.9 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 2, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6214 • UGC 10507 • PGC 58709 • CGCG 320.36 • MCG + 11-20-24 • IRAS 16393 + 6608 • 2MASX J16393189 + 6602221 • GALEX ASC J163932.04 + 660221.2 • LDCE 1209 NED001 | |
NGC 6214 is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 349 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1228 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 2, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6214. SIMBAD , accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6214. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6214. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 4, 2016 (English).