NGC 6291
| Galaxy NGC 6291 |
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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 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 |
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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 .