NGC 6279
| Galaxy NGC 6279 |
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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 59 m 01.4 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 14 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024167 +/- 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 7245 +/- 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(332 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.7 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 23, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6279 • UGC 10645 • PGC 59370 • CGCG 252-013 • MCG + 08-31-017 • LDCE 1229 NED002 | |
NGC 6279 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Hercules and about 332 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 23, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6279. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6279. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6279. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .