NGC 6315
| Galaxy NGC 6315 |
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![NGC 6315 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6315_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6315 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 12 m 46.148 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 13 ′ 24.83 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022599 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 6775 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(309 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.8 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6315 • PGC 59843 • CGCG 139-045 • MCG + 04-40-023 • IRAS F17106 + 2316 • 2MASX J17124612 + 2313245 • GC 5850 • GALEX ASC J171246.16 + 231322.8 • WISEA J171246.14 + 231324.7 | |
NGC 6315 is a 13.5 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 309 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 6314 .
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 6315. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6315. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6315. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 .