NGC 6313
| Galaxy NGC 6313 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 10 m 20.80 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 19 ′ 54.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024524 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 7352 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (103.3 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6313 • UGC 10742 • PGC 59739 • CGCG 252-022 • MCG + 08-31-025 • IRAS 17090 + 4823 • 2MASX J17102078 + 4819542 • GALEX ASC J171020.85 + 481953.7 • WISEA J171020.81 + 481954.4 | |
NGC 6313 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6313. SIMBAD , accessed on July 20, 2019 (English).
- NGC 6313. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6313. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).