NGC 6223
| Galaxy NGC 6223 |
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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 43 m 04.3 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 34 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019240 +/- 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 5768 +/- 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(266 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.5 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6223 • UGC 10527 • PGC 58828 • CGCG 299-021 • MCG + 10-24-040 • GC 4241 • LDCE 1213 NED002 | |
NGC 6223 is a 11.7 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation of Dragon and about 266 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 24, 1862 .
Web links
- NGC 6223. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6223. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6223. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 4, 2016 .