NGC 6220
| Galaxy NGC 6220 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 47 m 13.3 s |
| declination | -00 ° 16 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) from? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023026 +/- 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 6903 +/- 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (95.6 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6220 • UGC 10541 • PGC 58979 • CGCG 025-004 • LDCE 1217 NED002 | |
NGC 6220 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Ophiuchus and about 312 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 19, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6220. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6220. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6220. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 4, 2016 (English).