NGC 6265

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Galaxy
NGC 6265
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 57 m 29.1 s
declination + 27 ° 50 ′ 39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 23 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032452 +/- 0.000070  
Radial velocity 9729 +/- 21 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(441 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(135.3 ± 9.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 28, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6265 • UGC  10624 • PGC  59315 • CGCG  169-017 • MCG  + 05-40-011 • GC  5836 •

NGC 6265 is a 14.5 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules and about 441 million light-years from the Milky Way center.

It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 6265. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
  • NGC 6265. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6265. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6265
  3. Seligman