NGC 6219
| Galaxy NGC 6219 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 46 m 22.5 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 02 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031565 +/- 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 9463 +/- 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(427 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.0 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6219 • PGC 58944 • CGCG 081-004 • MCG + 02-43-01 • 2MASX J16462248 + 0902154 • GC 5829 • | |
NGC 6219 is a 14.2 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules, an estimated 427 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The galaxy NGC 6024 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 10, 1863 .
Web links
- NGC 6219. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6219. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6219. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 4, 2016 (English).