NGC 6296
| Galaxy NGC 6296 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 08 m 44.5 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 53 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022459 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 6733 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(305 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.6 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 17, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6296 • UGC 10719 • PGC 59690 • CGCG 054-003 • MCG + 01-44-002 • IRAS 17062 + 0357 • 2MASX J17084446 + 0353386 • GC 5846 • LDCE 1236 NED003 | |
NGC 6296 is a 13.5 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Serpent Bearer in the northern sky ; which is an estimated 305 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 17, 1863 .
Web links
- NGC 6296. SIMBAD, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6296. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6296. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 19, 2016 (English).