NGC 6264
| Galaxy NGC 6264 |
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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 57 m 16.1 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 50 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033947 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 10177 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(462 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (141.5 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6264 • PGC 59306 • CGCG 169-015 • MCG + 05-40-009 • GC 5835 • | |
NGC 6264 is a 14.1 mag bright bar-spiral Seyfert galaxy (type 2) of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules and about 462 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6264. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6264. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6264. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .