NGC 6230
| Galaxy NGC 6230 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 50 m 46.7 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 36 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030955 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 9280 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(418 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.3 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 3, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6230 • UGC 10575 • PGC 59106 • CGCG 053-014 • MCG + 01-43-005 • | |
NGC 6230 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 3, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6230. SIMBAD, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- NGC 6230. DSO Browser, accessed July 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6230. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 4, 2016 (English).