NGC 6228
| Galaxy NGC 6228 |
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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 48 m 02.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034190 +/- 0.000006 |
| Radial velocity | 10250 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(464 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.4 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6228 • UGC 10558 • PGC 59007 • CGCG 139-003 • MCG + 04-40-001 • IRAS 16460 + 2617 • VV 791, 846 • GC 5830 • | |
NGC 6228 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hercules and about 464 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6228. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6228. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6228. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 4, 2016 .