NGC 6311
| Galaxy NGC 6311 |
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![NGC 6311 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6311_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6311 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 10 m 43.573 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 39 ′ 03.99 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035748 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 10,717 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(487 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (149.3 ± 10.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 30, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6311 • UGC 10741 • PGC 59750 • CGCG 225-059 • MCG + 07-35-039 • 2MASX J17104357 + 4139037 • GC 5848 • GALEX ASC J171043.55 + 413904.2 • NSA 147785 | |
NGC 6311 is a 13.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 487 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6301 and NGC 6312 .
The object was discovered on June 30, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6311. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2019 .
- NGC 6311. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6311. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 .