NGC 6262
| Galaxy NGC 6262 |
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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 58 m 42.8 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 05 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010958 +/- 0.000193 |
| Radial velocity | 3285 +/- 58 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(155 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.6 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6262 • PGC 59363 • CGCG 299-039 • MCG + 10-24-080 • IRAS 16578 + 5710 • | |
NGC 6262 is a 13.7 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Dragon . It is an estimated 155 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 23, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6262. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6262. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6262. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .