NGC 6269
| Galaxy NGC 6269 |
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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 58.1 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 51 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD; E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034801 +/- 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 10433 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(473 ± 33) x 10 6 ly (145.0 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6269 • UGC 10629 • PGC 59332 • CGCG 169-019 • MCG + 05-40-012 • GC 5837 • | |
NGC 6269 is a 12.4 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Hercules and about 473 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6269. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6269. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6269. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .