NGC 6291

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy
NGC 6291
{{{Card text}}}
{{{Caption}}}
Photo-request.svg
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 00 m 55.9 s
declination + 58 ° 56 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017322 +/- 0.000103  
Radial velocity 5193 +/- 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(240 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(73.7 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date August 13, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  6291 • PGC  59435 • CGCG  299-042 • MCG  + 10-24-086 • 2MASX  J17005591 + 5856150 • LDCE 1228 NED004

NGC 6291 is a 14.1 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb 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 6291. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
  • NGC 6291. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6291. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6291
  3. Seligman