NGC 6310
Galaxy NGC 6310 |
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NGC 6310 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Dragon |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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
- NGC 6310. SIMBAD , accessed on 20 July 2019 (English).
- NGC 6310. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6310. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 20, 2016 (English).