NGC 6248
| Galaxy NGC 6248 |
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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 46 m 22.0 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 21 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBcd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003766 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1129 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(59 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.0 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6248 • UGC 10564 • PGC 58946 • CGCG 339-020 • MCG + 12-16-09 • | |
NGC 6248 is a 13.1 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation of Dragon and about 59 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 11, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6248. SIMBAD, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- NGC 6248. DSO Browser, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6248. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 11, 2016 .