NGC 6261
| Galaxy NGC 6261 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 56 m 30.5 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 58 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035391 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 10610 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(481 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (147.4 ± 10.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 13, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6261 • UGC 10617 • PGC 59286 • CGCG 169-013 • MCG + 05-40-006 • | |
NGC 6261 is a 14.5 mag bright, lens-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 481 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on July 13, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6261. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6261. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6261. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .