NGC 6271
| Galaxy NGC 6271 |
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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 50.8 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 57 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035164 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 10542 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(478 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (146.5 ± 10.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6271 • PGC 59365 • CGCG 169-021 • MCG + 05-40-016 • GC 5839 • | |
NGC 6271 is a 14.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules and about 478 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6271. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6271. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6271. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .