NGC 6232
Galaxy NGC 6232 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Dragon |
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 |
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 .