NGC 6252
| Galaxy NGC 6252 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 32 m 40.6 s |
| declination | + 82 ° 34 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021441 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 6428 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(295 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (90.5 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1802 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6252 • PGC 58456 • CGCG 367-014 • MCG + 14-08-011 • 2MASX J16324053 + 8234365 • GC 4254 • H III 975 • | |
NGC 6252 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Ursa Minor at the northern sky . It is an estimated 295 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 1st, 1802 by William Herschel .