NGC 6246
| Galaxy NGC 6246 |
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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 49 m 52.7 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 32 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017792 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 5334 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.6 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6246 • UGC 10580 • PGC 59077 • CGCG 277-005, 276-048 • MCG + 09-27-098 • IRAS 16488 + 5537 • | |
NGC 6246 is a 13.5 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Dragon .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6246. SIMBAD, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- NGC 6246. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6246. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 11, 2016 .