NGC 6310

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Galaxy
NGC 6310
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NGC 6310 [1] SDSS image
NGC 6310 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 07 m 57.469 s
declination + 60 ° 59 ′ 24.62 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 69 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011405 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 3419 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(161 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.5 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date October 27, 1861
Catalog names
NGC  6310 • UGC  10730 • PGC  59662 • CGCG  299-055 • MCG  + 10-24-100 • IRAS  17073 + 6103 • 2MASX  J17075743 + 6059241 • GC  4278 • 2MASS J17075748 + 6059245 • LDCE 1240 NED003

NGC 6310 is a 13.1 likes bright spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type Sb in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 161 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6306 and NGC 6307 .

The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on October 27, 1861 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6310
  4. Seligman