NGC 6288
| Galaxy NGC 6288 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 57 m 24.4 s |
| declination | + 68 ° 27 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034234 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 10,263 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(467 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (143.2 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | August 19, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6288 • PGC 59312 • CGCG 320-055, 321-0008 • MCG + 11-21-06 • 2MASX J16572452 + 6827258 • | |
NGC 6288 is a 14.5 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky , an estimated 467 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on August 19, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6288. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6288. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6288. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .