NGC 6299
| Galaxy NGC 6299 |
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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 05 m 04.4 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 27 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019860 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 5954 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.2 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6299 • PGC 59561 • CGCG 299-051 • MCG + 10-24-097 • 2MASX J17050435 + 6227276 • GC 4272 • GALEX ASC J170504.27 + 622728.7 | |
NGC 6299 is a 14.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 275 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6297 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on October 27, 1861 .
Web links
- NGC 6299. SIMBAD , accessed July 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6299. DSO Browser, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6299. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 19, 2016 .