NGC 6314
| Galaxy NGC 6314 |
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![NGC 6314 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6314_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6314 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 12 m 38.717 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 16 ′ 12.26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022125 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 6633 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.9 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6314 • UGC 10752 • PGC 59838 • CGCG 139-044 • MCG + 04-40-022 • IRAS 17105 + 2319 • 2MASX J17123873 + 2316125 • GC 5849 • GALEX ASC J171238.74 + 231612.6 • NSA 69929 | |
NGC 6314 is a 12.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 303 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 6315 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6308 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1863 .
Web links
- NGC 6314. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6314. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6314. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).