NGC 6247
| Galaxy NGC 6247 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 48 m 20.2 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 58 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S ?? / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014944 +/- 0.000009 |
| Radial velocity | 4480 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(208 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.9 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6247 • UGC 10572 • PGC 59023 • CGCG 320-044 • IRAS 16478 + 6303 • GC 4250 • | |
NGC 6247 is a 14.3 mag bright radio galaxy of the Hubble-type P in the constellation Dragon . It is around 208 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on September 24, 1862 .
Web links
- NGC 6247. SIMBAD, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- NGC 6247. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6247. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 11, 2016 .