NGC 6263
| Galaxy NGC 6263 |
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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 43.2 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 49 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034404 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 10,314 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(467 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (143.3 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6263 • UGC 10618 • PGC 59292 • CGCG 169-014 • MCG + 05-40-08 • 2MASX J16564323 + 2749199 • GC 5834 • | |
NGC 6263 is a 14.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hercules . It is an estimated 467 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6263. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6263. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6263. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .