NGC 6300

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Galaxy
NGC 6300
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Image of the spiral galaxy with the help of the New Technology Telescope
Image of the spiral galaxy with the help of the New Technology Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation altar
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 16 m 59.5 s
declination -62 ° 49 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 10.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 10.9 likes
Angular expansion 4.3 ′ × 2.8 ′
Position angle 118 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003706 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity (1108 ± 14) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(45 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(13.7 ± 1.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery James Dunlop
Discovery date June 30, 1826
Catalog names
NGC  6300 • PGC  60001 • ESO  101-G025 • IRAS  17123-6245 • 2MASX  J17165947-6249139 • VV  734 • GC  4273 • h  3668 • LDCE 1198 NED007

NGC 6300 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb? in the constellation Altar in the southern sky . It is around 45 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object is classified as a Seyfert II galaxy , at the center of which is an active black hole estimated at 300,000 solar masses .

The galaxy was discovered in 1826 by astronomer James Dunlop using a telescope with a 9-inch aperture.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6300
  3. Seligman