NGC 6272
| Galaxy NGC 6272 |
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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 58.2 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 55 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035094 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 10521 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(477 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (146.2 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6272 • PGC 59367 • CGCG 169-022 • IRAS F16569 + 2800 • KUG 1656 + 280 • GC 5840 • | |
NGC 6272 is a 14.8 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 477 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6272. SIMBAD, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- NGC 6272. DSO Browser, accessed July 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6272. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 17, 2016 .