NGC 6312
| Galaxy NGC 6312 |
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![NGC 6312 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6312_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6312 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 48.159 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 17 ′ 15.72 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035024 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 10,500 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(477 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (146.3 ± 10.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 25, 1879 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6312 • PGC 59751 • CGCG 225-060 • MCG + 07-35-40 • 2MASX J17104818 + 4217151 • GALEX ASC J171048.31 + 421716.6 • WISEA J171048.15 + 421715.7 • NSA 147787 | |
NGC 6312 is a 14.4 mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 477 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6301 and NGC 6311 .
The object was discovered on July 25, 1879 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6312th SIMBAD , accessed on July 20, 2019 (English).
- NGC 6312. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6312. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 20, 2016 (English).