NGC 6241
| Galaxy NGC 6241 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 50 m 10.9 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 25 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 98 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030081 +/- 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 9018 +/- 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(411 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.9 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6241 • PGC 59085 • CGCG 252-005 • MCG + 08-31-07 • IRAS 16486 + 4530 • GC 4248 • H III 735 • | |
NGC 6241 is a 15.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered on April 29, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, pS, with 300 power iF".
Web links
- NGC 6241.SIMBAD , accessed July 11, 2016 .
- NGC 6241. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .