NGC 6282

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Galaxy
NGC 6282
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 00 m 47.0 s
declination + 29 ° 49 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 36 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.035154 +/- 0.000123  
Radial velocity 10,539 +/- 37 km / s  
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  6282 • PGC  59418 • CGCG  169-029 • IRAS  F16588 + 2953 • 2MASX  J17004708 + 2949140 • GC  5845 •

NGC 6282 is a 14.4 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 478 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 6282. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
  • NGC 6282. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6282. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS: NGC 6282
  3. Seligman