NGC 6274
| Galaxy NGC 6274 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 6274, PGC 59381 (lu) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 59 m 20.5 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 56 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039427 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 11820 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(535 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (164.0 ± 11.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6274 • UGC 10643 • PGC 59381 • CGCG 169-024 • MCG + 05-40-019 • KUG 1657 + 300A • GC 5841 • | |
NGC 6274 is a 13.8 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules . It forms an optical double galaxy with no visible interaction with the galaxy PGC 59381, which is roughly the same distance .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6274. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6274. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6274. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .