NGC 6306
| Galaxy NGC 6306 |
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![NGC 6307 & NGC 6306 [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6306_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6307 & NGC 6306 SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 07 m 36.980 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 43 ′ 44.00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009917 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (2973 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(142 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.4 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6306 • UGC 10724 • PGC 59654 • CGCG 299-053 • MCG + 10-24-098 • IRAS 17069 + 6047 • 2MASX J17073690 + 6043431 • GALEX ASC J170736.83 + 604342.6 • HOLM 769B • KPG 504A | |
NGC 6306 is a 13.8 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 142 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 6307 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 769 or KPG 504 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6310 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 8, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6306. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2019 .
- NGC 6306. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6306. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 .