NGC 6232
| Galaxy NGC 6232 |
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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 20.2 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 37 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014800 |
| Radial velocity | 4437 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.3 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6232 • UGC 10537 • PGC 58841 • CGCG 339-016 • MCG + 12-16-07 • IRAS F16437 + 7043 • | |
NGC 6232 is a 12.5 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Dragon . It is around 206 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6232. SIMBAD, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- NGC 6232. DSO Browser, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6232. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 6, 2016 .