NGC 6226
| Galaxy NGC 6226 |
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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 23.2 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 59 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 68 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018720 +/- 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 5612 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.4 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6226, 6202 • UGC 10532 • PGC 58847 • CGCG 299-022 • MCG + 10-23-043 • IRAS 16428 + 6204 • GC 4242 • LDCE 1213 NED003 | |
NGC 6226 is a 13.1 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? pec in the constellation of Dragon and about 259 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 24, 1862 . Due to an error in the position information, the observation by Lewis A. Swift on July 9, 1886, despite an identical description under NGC 6202, led to a second entry in the catalog.
Web links
- NGC 6226. SIMBAD, accessed July 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6226. DSO Browser, accessed July 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6226. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 1, 2016 .