NGC 6243
Galaxy NGC 6243 |
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NGC 6243 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 52 m 26.288 s |
declination | + 23 ° 19 ′ 57.33 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sa / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 154 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 624 |
Redshift | 0.035755 ± 0.000173 |
Radial velocity | 10,719 ± 52 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(485 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (148.7 ± 10.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | June 10, 1880 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6243 • UGC 10591 • PGC 59161 • CGCG 139-013 • MCG + 04-40-004 • 2MASX J16522624 + 2319575 • WISEA J165226.28 + 231957.7 • NVSS J165226 + 231956 |
NGC 6243 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 485 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6233 and IC 4623 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 10, 1880 .
Web links
- NGC 6243. SIMBAD , accessed on July 11, 2019 (English).
- NGC 6243. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6243. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 11, 2016 .
- Astronomical Database