NGC 6290
| Galaxy NGC 6290 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 00 m 56.4 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 58 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017269 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 5177 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.5 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 13, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6290 • UGC 10665 • PGC 59428 • CGCG 299-043 • MCG + 10-24-088 • 2MASX J17005643 + 5858140 • LDCE 1228 NED005 | |
NGC 6290 is a 13.5 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky , which is an estimated 240 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 13, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6290. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6290. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6290. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 19, 2016 .