NGC 6308
| Galaxy NGC 6308 |
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![NGC 6308 with LEDA 1686074 (lu) [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6308_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6308 with LEDA 1686074 (lu) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 11 m 59.715 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 22 ′ 47.80 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.029424 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 8821 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(401 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (122.9 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6308 • UGC 10747 • PGC 59807 • CGCG 139-043 • MCG + 04-40-021 • IRAS 17099 + 2326 • 2MASX J17115972 + 2322483 • GC 5847 • 2MASS J17115971 + 2322480 • WISEA J171159.68 + 232248.3 • NSA 167294 | |
NGC 6308 is a 13.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 401 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6314 and NGC 6315 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1863 .
Web links
- NGC 6308. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2019 .
- NGC 6308. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6308. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).