NGC 6295
| Galaxy NGC 6295 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 03 m 15.3 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 20 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030645 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 9187 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(419 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (128.5 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6295 • UGC 10682 • PGC 59510 • MCG + 10-24-092 • IRAS 17025 + 6024 • 2MASX J17031526 + 6020160 • | |
NGC 6295 is a 14.9 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 419 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxy NGC 6292 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 9, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6295. SIMBAD , accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6295. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6295. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 .