NGC 6236
| Galaxy NGC 6236 |
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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 44 m 34.6 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 46 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004270 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1280 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.1 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6236 • UGC 10546 • PGC 58891 • CGCG 339-019 • MCG + 12-16-08 • IRAS 16450 + 7052 • | |
NGC 6236 is an 11.9 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Dragon and about 66 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6236. SIMBAD, accessed July 10, 2016 .
- NGC 6236. DSO Browser, accessed July 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6236. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 10, 2016 .