NGC 6270
| Galaxy NGC 6270 |
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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 58 m 31.6 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 35 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033250 +/- 0.000230 |
| Radial velocity | 9968 +/- 69 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(452 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.6 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6270 • PGC 59362 • MCG + 05-40-15 • GC 5838 • | |
NGC 6270 is a 15 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB? in the constellation Hercules . It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
In contrast to the original position information , several modern catalogs refer to PGC 95562 with an inexplicable deviation of almost 20 arc minutes .
Web links
Marth's position
- NGC 6270. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6270. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 (English).
Modern position
- PGC 95562. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6270. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Hartmut Frommert: Revised NGC Data for NGC 6270. SEDS, accessed on July 17, 2016 (English).