NGC 6238
| Galaxy NGC 6238 |
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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 47 m 16.6 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 08 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019737 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 5917 +/- 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(273 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.6 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6238 • UGC 10563 • PGC 58980 • CGCG 299-031 • MCG + 10-24-057 • IRAS 16467 + 6213 • | |
NGC 6238 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc / pec in the constellation Dragon .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6238. SIMBAD, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- NGC 6238. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6238. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 11, 2016 .